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City Heights Warehouse Burns, Firefighter Hurt
POSTED: 10:51 pm PDT July 8,
2008
UPDATED: 11:30 pm PDT July 8,
2008
SAN DIEGO -- A 2-alarm fire at a Rescue Mission warehouse sent heavy smoke through the City Heights area Tuesday night and injured one firefighter who suffered burns.The fire began shortly after 7 o’clock at the warehouse building near 52nd and University Avenue in City Heights.About 60 firefighters were able to extinguish the flames in what appeared to be a mostly empty warehouse building, a Fire department dispatcher said.
The fire was reported at 7:16 p.m. in the 4000 block of 52nd Street, the dispatcher said.The fire was mostly out about a half-hour later, the dispatcher said.Investigators are still trying to determine the cause.Damage was estimated at $850,000.
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