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One person dead, another injured in deadly Watsonville house fire

WATSONVILLE, Calif. (KION-TV) -- A woman is dead and a man was left critically injured after a house caught on fire in Watsonville on Sunday night.

According to Watsonville Fire Battalion Chief Corey Schaefer, the fire broke out at home on Cedar Drive around 7:50 p.m. Sunday. Neighbors let Chief Schaefer and the fire crews know about the two people inside.

Both people in the home were rescued with a man critically injured and airlifted to Santa Clara Valley Hospital for treatment. A 64-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene after resuscitation efforts were made.

Chief Schaefer emphasized that with night fire, many people will have trouble managing the smoke produced from a fire.

"If they're asleep, it's very important to shut your doors to your bedrooms and your children's doors to their bedrooms, because with that, it could prevent the smoke traveling into those areas," Chief Schaefer said. "Because quite often you're not going to realize it's to get out until it's too late."

The identities and connections between the two victims have not been released. The fire is still under investigation as crews begin to assess the damage.

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Sergio Berrueta

Sergio Berrueta has been in the news for quite awhile going from studying print media to entering the realm of broadcast.

Originally from Bell Gardens, California, in Southeast Los Angeles. Berrueta started his professional news career in Eureka as a newscast producer for North Coast News (now The Northstate’s News) at KAEF ABC 23 in 2022. He pivoted a year later in 2022 going from behind-the-scenes to in front of the camera as a multimedia journalist for Redwood News Channel 3 (KIEM/KVIQ) also in Eureka.

Berrueta studied journalism at Humboldt State University (now Cal Poly Humboldt) earning his Bachelor’s Degree. Berrueta was a staff writer, page editor, social media manager and editor-in-chief of the university’s El Lenador, the only bilingual publication in all of Humboldt County.

Before moving to the North Coast, Berrueta had earned his Associate’s Degree at East Los Angeles College in 2019 after beginning his educational journey in 2012. He also was on staff for the ELAC’s publication, ELAC Campus News, having been a staff writer, page editor, and online editor.

Outside of news experience, Berrueta has also been in education as an AmeriCorps tutor in East Hollywood from 2017 to 2019 and served in a government role as a National Hometown Fellow for Lead for America with the City of Arcata in 2021.

When not focusing on news, Berrueta is an avid amateur cinephile having written about films in free time. He also writes poetry, attempting to get through a backlog of video games, enjoys visiting new places along the California Coast, and trying to keep up with the latest music and podcasts.

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