Fire rips through Irvine home, killing a dog and injuring 4 firefighters

Investigators were working to determine the cause of a blaze that ripped through an Irvine home on Friday, killing a family dog and causing minor injuries to four firefighters.
Capt. Alan Wilkes of the Orange County Fire Authority said the fire was sparked at about 5:30 p.m. in a single-family home in the 14000 block of Bel Aire Street. Roughly 50 firefighters battled the blaze and gained control of it just after 6 p.m., he said.
Wilkes said firefighters were able to prevent the blaze from sprea