Firefighter injured, two residents displaced in Cherryland fire

CHERRYLAND — An Alameda County firefighter was injured and two residents were displaced in a home fire here Monday night, officials said.

The fire happened about 8:10 p.m. Monday at a two-story townhouse in the 200 block of Sunset Boulevard, a primarily residential neighborhood.

More than a dozen Alameda County firefighters responded and were able to contain the fire to a second floor bedroom, officials said.

Two elderly residents, who got out of the home on their own, were displaced. Their ages and relationship were not immediately available.

A firefighter was treated at a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, officials said.

The cause of the fire remained under investigation Tuesday.