One person died this morning in a fast-moving, four-alarm fire that swept through four units of a Fremont apartment building.

Fremont Deputy Fire Chief Geoff LaTendresse said the victim, an adult male, was found on the floor of a bedroom in a first-floor unit of the two-story building in the 3600 block of Pennsylvania Avenue. His identity was not immediately released. No one else was injured, he said.

The fire began in a first floor apartment, spread to the adjacent apartment and to two apartments on the second floor. There has been heavy smoke damage to all 16 units and residents are still outside, LaTendresse said. The American Red Cross is on the scene helping residents, he said.

LaTendresse said fire investigators are trying to determine the cause of the fire, which was reported at 7:05 a.m. and brought under control at 7:25 a.m. A search is also on for a number of pets reported missing by residents, he said.

Every available Fremont fire unit was sent to the blaze and units from Alameda County Fire, Hayward, Union City and Newark were sent to Fremont to provide backup, LaTendresse said

Source:By William Brand
Bay Area News Group