Resident’s quick thinking saves a building and residents from a fire

Thanks to the quick-thinking of Maria Gomez of Mutual 2, a potentially dangerous fire was averted from Building 33.

While walking her dog in the morning on Sunday, April 18, Gomez heard a smoke alarm ringing and went to check it out. When she arrived she saw smoke but no fire coming from the apartment. She found a shareholder, who had fallen down on the cement patio and could not move. Gomez immediately went into the unit, turned off the stove and opened the windows. Gomez then rushed to the Mutual director’s unit and called security.

Paramedics and the Orange County Fire Authority were called to the scene and arrived quickly.

The shareholder and the building were saved thanks to Maria Gomez.