Several people were displaced Friday night following a residential structure fire in Santa Barbara, according to the Santa Barbara City Fire Department.
Firefighters responded shortly before 8 p.m. to the 700 block of Colina Lane, near Santa Barbara High School, where they found heavy smoke coming from the second story of a duplex, fire Battalion Chief Robert Mercado told Noozhawk.
They traced the fire to a bathroom wall between the two units and attacked the flames from both sides, Mercado said, adding that the fire had extended into the attic area.
Damage to the units was estimated at $75,000 to $100,000, Mercado said.
Both duplex units were left uninhabitable, Mercado said, adding that an investigator was on the scene looking for the cause of the blaze.
One of the residents told Noozhawk that plumbing work had been done earlier in the day, and believed that may have caused the fire.
No injuries were reported.
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