Crime & Safety
Firefighters Extinguish 2 Structure Fires in East County, Just Half-Mile Apart
The fires, which were both said to have started accidentally, caused about $5,000 in damage to each of the businesses.
Firefighters extinguished two non-injury fires at El Cajon businesses a half-mile apart on Thursday night.
The first fire that broke out near Gillespie Field was reported shortly before 7 p.m. at Precision Metal Products, Inc., 850 W. Bradley Ave., according to Monica Zech of Heartland Fire & Rescue.
Fire crews confined the blaze to a collector unit, where titanium dust had built up and apparently ignited, Zech said. The fire was out in about 15 minutes.
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Another fire was reported minutes after the first at Aero Paint, 1780 Joe Crosson Drive, Zech said. That fire, which had started in a paint booth inside a hangar, was also knocked down in about 15 minutes.
The fires, which were both said to have started accidentally, caused about $5,000 in damage to each of the businesses, Zech said.
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Hazmat teams were dispatched to both locations as a precaution because chemicals were involved, Zech said.
—City News Service
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