FIRES DOUSED IN SANTEE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AND IN LAKESIDE

June 2013 Articles

By Miriam Raftery

Photos by 10 News and Leon Thompson

June 29, 2013 (Santee)---Exploding propane tanks fueled a fire in the 10500 block of Prospect Avenue in Santee yesterday, ECM news partner 10 News reports.

The fire began in a trash pile or container , according to Heartland Fire & Rescue spokeman Sonny Saghera. The blaze damaged a home, a garage and several vehicles, Santee Patch.com reported.

Another fire yesterday started in a dumpster in Lakeside at the junction of Muth Valley Road and Wildcat Canyon, spreading into nearby brush briefly before firefighters extinguished the blaze.

Cause of the fires remains under investigation.

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