At 4:30 pm May 30, 2008, 7 units from San Bernardino City Fire Department as well as one unit from San Manuel Indian Reservation responded to a structure fire in a vacant building in the 1300 block of E. Highland Avenue. Due to the amount of fire involvement a second alarm was dispatched with an additional 6 units.
The fire also involved a pile of telephone poles to the rear of the structure which created a toxic environment for firefighters fighting the fire from the exterior. The majority of the fire was extinguished within a half an hour with mop up still occurring an hour after the fire started.
A city backhoe was used to separate piles of debris including a cork like substance and telephone poles so that firefighters could extinguish smoldering fire within that debris. The cause of the fire is still currently under investigation
Written and Submitted by PIO Mike Arvizo
West Coast 911 Firefighter News and Information
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