Structure fire in Newport Beach damages six units, no injuries reported; cause under investigation

Newport Beach firefighters responded to a structure fire Wednesday night that resulted in at least six damaged apartment units at Park Newport Apartments.

Firefighters were dispatched to Jamboree and San Joaquin Hills roads in response to a call at around 8:30 p.m.

While en route, the call was upgraded to a two-alarm fire. Additional fire engines from Newport Beach and neighboring Costa Mesa and Huntington Beach were dispatched, along with engines from the Orange County Fire Authority.

A structure fire Wednesday night damaged six apartment units, displacing its current residents. No one was injured.

(Courtesy of the Newport Beach Fire Department)

Multiple apartment units on different floors were in flames. The fire was knocked down within 15 minutes of firefighters arriving on the scene and extinguished within half an hour, but units remained on scene for at least two hours after the fact for overhaul. About 61 firefighters responded.

As of Friday afternoon it was unclear how many people had been displaced by the blaze. No injuries were reported.

Early investigation determined that the fire likely began in a second-story apartment, then extended up two units on the third floor and further by two units on the fourth floor.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

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