Crime & Safety

Photo Gallery: Scenes From Redwood City Fire — Mutual Aid, Mutual Respect

Fire crews from Redwood City/San Carlos, Woodside, Belmont, Foster City, San Mateo, Menlo Park, Central County, San Bruno and Cal Fire responded to Woodside Road apartment building blaze Thursday morning.

Click on the slideshow above for photos from Thursday's fire.

Thursday's devastating fire left over 70 people homeless, and took the lives of at least several pets. Four people were injured, but none of those injuries are life-threatening.

Many residents of the apartment building at 926 Woodside Road lost everything in the fire, but they escaped with their lives thanks to the coordination of over 100 fire safety personnel who were on the scene within minutes. 

Click on the slideshow above for photos from Thursday's fire.

Fire crews from Redwood City/San Carlos, Woodside, Belmont, Foster City, San Mateo, Menlo Park, Central County, San Bruno and Cal Fire responded to the blaze which rendered the four-story 75-unit building uninhabitable. In addition, safety personnel from the Redwood City Police Department, San Mateo County Sheriff's Office, Office of Emergency Services, the Peninsula Humane Society, American Red Cross and the City of Redwood City were on hand to assist in helping residents and their pets to safety. 

Even local businesses chipped in to help first responders---the crew from Auto Pride Car Wash, located across the from the burning building, delivered cases of bottled water to parched fire fighters as they came to rest in the medical aid staging area. 

Pictured here are some of those who helped--in big ways and in small--during Thursday's six-alarm fire.  Click on the slideshow above to view.


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