BREAKING NEWS

Firefighters battled a two-alarm blaze this evening on the fourth floor of the residential units at the Balboa Bay Club in Newport Beach that hurt three people and forced authorities to evacuate the building, Newport Beach Fire Department spokeswoman Jennifer Schulz said.

Paramedics treated two people at the scene and a third person was taken to Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, Schulz said. That person’s injuries were not considered life-threatening, Schulz said.

The blaze was confined to one unit, Schulz said.

The fire’s cause was still under investigation, Schulz said.

There was another blaze on the club’s fourth floor on Jan. 3 in the apartment of George Lysak, executive director of sales and marketing for the club. That blaze caused $100,000 in damage to the structure and $150,000 in damage to the apartment’s contents. No one was hurt in that fire.