TWO ALARM FIRE AT VACANT COMMERCIAL BUILDING IN EL CAJON

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East County Magazine

Photo by Heartland Fire Marshall Chris Jensen

March 21, 2015 (El Cajon) –Heartland Fire & Rescue doused a structure fire in a vacant commercial building at 581 South Marshall Avenue in El Cajon at 1:22 a.m.

Firefighters responded to a report of the fire found heavy smoke and flames coming from the roof and a second alarm was issued.  Heartland Firefighters from El Cajon and La Mesa, with assistance from CAL FIRE and the San Diego Fire Departments, had the fire out in about one hour and 20 minutes.

There are no injuries reported and no damage estimates at this time. The cause of the fire is now under investigation.

 


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CalFire

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San Miguel Fire District = Cal Fire

Assistance from CalFire?

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Assistance from CalFire on a commercial structure fire in El Cajon? I think not. The auto-aid assistance was from the San Miguel Fire District (e7611 from Mt. Helix fire station), not CDF, er, CalFire.

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