Crime & Safety

Car Crash Near Gillespie Field Sets Building Ablaze

A car crashed off a street near Gillespie Field airport Monday afternoon and plowed into a self-storage business, erupting in flames and setting the building ablaze.

The traffic accident occurred shortly before 1:30 p.m. in the 1700 block of Graves Avenue in the unincorporated Bostonia area, near Santee, according to the California Highway Patrol.

It took crews just over an hour to gain control of the two-alarm blaze, a Heartland Fire & Rescue dispatcher said.

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No injuries were reported.

-City News Service

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