Berkeley Hills house fire shuts down Arlington Avenue

Berkeley Hills house fire shuts down Arlington Avenue

Motorists and pedestrians were asked to keep away from Arlington between Thousand Oaks Boulevard and San Luis Road Thursday evening.

Berkeley Hills house fire underway on Arlington Avenue

Update, 7:45 p.m. The homeowner, a tenant and her three cats all escaped injury Thursday evening after a fire broke out in their Berkeley Hills home.The tenant only realized what was happening when she heard a neighbor yelling "fire," she told The Scanner.Community members helped her pack her pets into their carriers and get them outside, she said.As of publication time, the fire's cause remained under investigation, authorities said.Berkeley Fi…