One Person Found Dead After Sunnyvale Apartment Fire on Wildwood Avenue

One person died in an apartment fire in Sunnyvale on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 1.

What happened

The Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety was sent at about 12:30 p.m. to an apartment building at 1235 Wildwood Ave. after several people reported a fire, KRON4 and Telemundo Área de la Bahía reported. Crews found one unit fully in flames and three other units affected by the fire.

Residents were evacuated. Firefighters had the fire under control in about 40 minutes, KRON4 reported. The Santa Clara County Fire Department and the Mountain View Fire Department helped.

“Sadly, one person was found deceased inside the apartment where the fire originated,” Sunnyvale DPS said, according to KRON4.

What’s next

Officials said the cause of the fire and the circumstances of the death are still under investigation. The person who died had not been publicly identified as of Monday.