OCEANSIDE
A lightning strike sparked a vegetation fire Thursday in Oceanside that scorched the backyard fences of several homes before firefighters were able to extinguish the blaze, authorities said.
An Oceanside firefighter battles a blaze Thursday afternoon that scorched trees and backyard fences, but no homes. Battalion Chief Jessamyn Specht said the firefighter is dressed in “full structure turnouts” instead of brush fire gear because the call came in as a structure fire, and crews “do not waste time changing . They simply go to work to protect the homes.”
(Courtesy of Oceanside Fire Department)
An engine crew that responded to an unrelated call was heading back to their station about 4:25 p.m. when they saw the lightning strike in the distance, followed just a few seconds later by flames and smoke billowing into the sky, Oceanside fire Battalion Chief Jessamyn Specht said in a news release.
OCEANSIDE
A fire in a condo in Oceanside displaced six family members Monday night, an official said.
Smoke and flames were shooting out of the window of an upstairs, back bedroom when officers arrived at the condo on Holiday Way, north of North River Road. The fire had been reported about 7:10 p.m.
The fire was contained to the bedroom, Battalion Chief Jessamyn Specht said. No one was injured.
Firefighters rescued a guinea pig and reunited the pet with the residents, Specht said.
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The cause of the fire was under investigation.