Fire forces family from home

A Costa Mesa family has been relocated for the holidays after a small

chimney fire forced more than 20 firefighters to tear a hole in their

roof Monday.

Officials received the report of a fire in the 1500 block of Mesa

Verde Drive East at about 12:20 p.m. No injuries were reported as

firefighters extinguished the flames on the roof of the two-story Pine

Brook Village Apartments almost immediately.

“There was interior smoke damage but the majority of the fire damage

was on the chimney, on the roof,” said Battalion Chief Chris Riley of the

Costa Mesa Fire Department.

The cause of the fire is being investigated, said Capt. Fred Seguin,

public information officer for the fire department. No damage estimations

have been made.