Carlsbad house fire kills 1, injures another, closes roads – NBC 7 San Diego

One person is dead and another is hospitalized after a fire broke out Saturday afternoon at a Carlsbad home, forcing police to close roads while firefighters battled the flames, police said.

The Carlsbad Fire Department received a report of a fire at a duplex in the 900 block of Pine Ave. before 2 p.m.

When firefighters arrived, they found the rear structure fully engulfed in flames, according to CFD Battalion Chief Mark Beckert.

Carlsbad police have closed Harding Street, from Oak Avenue to Pine Avenue, indefinitely. People are asked to avoid the area while first responders deal with the incident, the agency wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter).

At least three fire trucks responded to the scene.

At one point during the fire, strong orange flames could be seen through the windows of the home, tearing the house apart and beginning to burn through the roof as large plumes of gray smoke billowed from what remained of the structure.

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