Operations & Training

Dry Cleaners' Collapsing Roof Injures CA Firefighter

Aug. 29, 2019

The Escondido firefighter suffered the injury while working with crews to put out the blaze broke out at the business in a strip mall Wednesday afternoon.

By Gary Warth

Source The San Diego Union-Tribune

An Escondido, CA, firefighter was injured when a roof collapsed while battling a fire at a dry cleaners Wednesday.

A firefighter was injured after a roof at a burning dry cleaning business in Escondido collapsed Wednesday afternoon.

Jeff Murdock, public information officer for the Escondido Fire Department, said the blaze at the business started at a strip mall at 945 N. Valley Parkway at about 3:20 p.m.

The fire was out by 4:45 p.m., but firefighters remained on the scene looking for hot spots, he said.

The injured firefighter was taken to a local hospital, but no report of injuries were available yet, Murdock said. The business appeared to be a complete loss, he said.

———

Visit The San Diego Union-Tribune at www.sandiegouniontribune.com

Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.