SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Firefighters quickly contained an early morning commercial fire Sunday at a business office building in Point Loma, preventing more extensive damage, according to San Diego Fire-Rescue officials.
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Crews were dispatched around 5 a.m. to reports of a commercial structure fire at at 3405 Kenyon Street, identified as the Point Loma Business Center.
When firefighters arrived, they found heavy smoke coming from the first floor of the five-story office building. Crews entered the building with hose lines and located the fire inside a first floor office suite.
Crews conducted a primary search of the entire building and found no occupants inside.
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SDFD Battalion Chief Alex Guevara said firefighters launched an aggressive interior attack and were able to quickly contain the flames before they spread beyond the first floor.
The fire was contained to one unit on the first floor, but the entire building was charred with smoke,” Guevara told told FOX 5/KUSI at the scene.
Most of the damage was within the affected suite, where the fire spread throughout the large office space and into and adjacent hallway. However, firefighters were able to stop the fire from extending to other parts of the building…