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Grease left unattended on a stove sparked a fire in a Rancho Cucamonga apartment Sunday night , March 1, officials said. The fire was reported at 8:44 p.m. on the second floor of a three- story apartment complex in the 10400 block of Arrow Highway, said Kelley Donaldson, spokeswoman for the Rancho Cucamonga Fire District . A neighbor from the unit above used an extinguisher to help control the fire before firefighters arrived, Donaldson said. About 20 firefighters contained the fire in less than 10 minutes. Damage was confined to the kitchen, she said. Three displaced residents, all male students at a nearby vocational school , Universal Technical Institute , won’t be allowed to return until repairs are made, Donaldson said. The school will find lodging for them in the meantime, she said. No one was injured. Firefighters briefly evacuated the 12- unit apartment building , she said.

CASTLETON, Ind. (March 17, 2015)-- Two people had to be rescued from their third floor apartment after they got trapped inside when the building when up in flames. It happened around 9:30 p.m. at the Autumn Woods Apartments on Woodmoss Lane, not far from Allisonville and 91st Street in the Castleton area. When Indianapolis firefighters arrived at the scene, they heard the the residents in their mid-20s screaming for help from a third floor window, while heavy fire and smoke poured from the building. Officers called more equipment to the scene, and asked for additional manpower. Firefighters said the two people had to retreat to their apartment after they tried to get out through the hallway only to find it was filled with smoke. The apartment complex was evacuated. IFD says up to 30 people have been displaced. Apartment management and the American Red Cross are helping residents. Firefighters believe the fire started when a man on the first floor of the apartment complex left greas...