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A burn victim was taken to a hospital after fire tore through a Mount Hope home late Friday night, officials said.
The fire was first reported just after 11:50 p.m. on Quail Street, just north of Market Street, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.
Crews arrived to find heavy smoke and fire pouring from the home and a burn victim outside the residence.
Battalion Chief Robert Allen told OnScene TV that a resident of the home had been burned and was taken to a hospital.
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It took crews about 25 minutes to douse the flames. Four adults were displaced by the fire.
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A truck parked inside a San Diego International Airport parking structure caught fire early Sunday and arson investigators are trying to determine how the blaze started, fire officials said.
The fire was reported shortly before 2:45 a.m. in the Terminal 2 parking structure, said San Diego Fire-Rescue Battalion Chief David Pilkerton.
When fire crews arrived a short time later they saw flames shooting out of a truck on the first floor of the parking structure, Pilkerton said. It took firefighters about a half hour to extinguish the blaze.
Access to the fire was “a bit difficult,” Battalion Chief Mike Liversedge told OnScene TV, because the fire engines were too tall to pull into the parking structure. Crews used hose extensions to pump water from an engine to get water onto the burning vehicle, Pilkerton said.
If 2020 has proved anything, it’s that La Jollans don’t lose their fighting spirit.
As the world battled the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, locals hopped online or otherwise did what they could for various causes whether it be neighborhood character, racial justice or adapting to ever-changing public health restrictions to keep their businesses open. All of this without in-person entertainment, meetings and events and while staying masked and socially distanced.
Through Dec. 26, residents of La Jolla’s 92037 ZIP code had registered 833 cases of the virus. San Diego County’s cumulative cases stood at 145,779 as of Dec. 27, with more than 1,400 related deaths.
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Fire investigators are looking into three fires over a 24-hour period involving vehicles parked at a towing lot in Logan Heights, two of which have been determined to be arson while the third is considered suspicious, an arson investigator said.
The latest fire, which involved an RV, was reported shortly before 8 a.m. Thursday at the Road One Towing lot on National Avenue near Interstate 5 and state Route 15, said police Sgt. Rick Pechin, who is assigned to the Metro Arson Strike Team.
The first fire Wednesday involved a vehicle, and a second fire set during the evening burned an RV and a boat that was nearby, Pechin said.