Fire damages Costa Mesa home

By Hannah FryStaff Writer

March 8, 2017 2:05 PM PT

Fire investigators are trying to determine what caused a home on Costa Mesa’s Eastside to catch fire Tuesday night.

Costa Mesa firefighters were called to 2140 Iris Place at about 7 p.m., said Capt. Chris Coates.

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Crews arrived within five minutes and fought the blaze with assistance from the Newport Beach Fire Department. About 20 firefighters knocked down the flames in about 30 minutes, Coates said.

No one was injured. The cost of the damage to the building and its contents wasn’t immediately known.

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Hannah Fry

Hannah Fry covers breaking news for the Los Angeles Times. She most recently covered Orange County for The Times and has written extensively about criminal trials, housing, politics and government. In 2020, Fry was part of the team that was a Pulitzer finalist for its coverage of a boat fire that killed 34 people off the coast of Santa Barbara. Fry came to The Times from the Daily Pilot, where she covered coastal cities, education and crime. An Orange County native, Fry started her career as an intern at the Orange County Register.