No injuries in home fire at UC...

No injuries in home fire at UC Irvine

No one was hurt in a fire that broke out on the second floor of an

on-campus home at UC Irvine early Thursday morning, officials said.

Firefighters from the UCI, Newport Beach and Irvine fire

departments responded to the call that came in at about 2:15 a.m.

from Murasaki Street in the University Hills area, UCI Police Sgt.

Lamine Secka said.

Both residents managed to run out of the two-story home as soon as

they heard the smoke detector go off, he said. The damage to the

second floor was extensive, Secka said.

“We don’t know what exactly caused the fire,” he said. “But one of

the residents guessed that it could have been a hot plate that was

left on.”

Secka said that although the property is owned by the university

and is considered on campus, the homes are owned by the residents.

Residents on both sides were evacuated as a precaution, he said.

Man arrested after two freeway accidents

California Highway Patrol officers arrested a man on Friday

afternoon on suspicion of driving under the influence after he

reportedly caused two traffic collisions on the San Diego Freeway,

officials said.

The first one occurred on the northbound San Diego Freeway south

of Bristol Street and the second happened on the same freeway north

of the Costa Mesa Freeway at about 4:15 p.m., CHP Officer Katrina

Lundgren said. No one was injured, she said.

She did not identify the suspect because the report had yet to be

filed, but said he drove a black Dodge Ram.