A fire early Tuesday at an Otay Mesa outbuilding being used as a residence sent a disabled man living there to a hospital.
The fire on Clavelita Street near Del Sur Boulevard broke out for unknown reasons shortly after 12:30 a.m., according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department. The structure that caught fire was the smaller of two homes on the property.
A man who lives in the main house on the property awoke to the screaming of his disabled brother, who lives in the smaller home, as the fire spread. He rushed to his brother’s aid and pulled him to safety, according to news reports.
The burning home’s occupant was taken to a hospital in an unknown condition, according to fire officials.
The exact cause of the fire was not immediately determined, a city fire dispatcher said.
— City News Service
