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Spring Valley fire displaces 8 in illegally subdivided house

An early-morning fire in an illegally subdivided house in Spring Valley on Wednesday displaced eight people, and the response was delayed when at least one resident tried to put the fire out himself, officials said.

The fire began about 4:15 a.m. in a mattress in the basement of a house at 104 Union Rd., Spring Valley police said.

The single-family house is illegally subdivided into...

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