I traveled through Escondido earlier this morning, but at around 2pm a
huge fire hit a multi-building condo construction site (it wasn't me, honest):
ESCONDIDO, Calif. — A four-alarm fire gutted at least four buildings Thursday in a condominium complex under construction in this north San Diego suburb.
No injuries were reported in the blaze, said Escondido Fire Department spokeswoman Carol Rea.
The fire started just before 2 p.m. and sent billowing clouds of thick black smoke into the clear blue sky as it raced through the wooden framework of the condos.
Embers from the fire spread the blaze to several shops and a Chinese restaurant in an adjacent strip mall. Rea said fire crews were putting out smaller fires as they appeared.
The immediate area around the construction project was evacuated and major streets shut down.
The cause of the fire was not known, Rea said.
I heard one report that the fire started on the 3rd floor of one of the buildings which are all still under construction. I'm more than a little suspicious of what happened. A few years ago a large condo project in La Jolla was torched by some radical environwackos, and I can't help but wonder if it's happened again.
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment