Fire at CA Credit Union Causes Over $1M in Damage
By Teri Figueroa
Source The San Diego Union-Tribune (TNS)
A two-alarm fire at a Kearny Mesa credit union Saturday night caused more than $1 million in damage, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.
The fire was reported just after 9:15 p.m. at the two-story California Coast Credit Union on Ruffin Road, south of Balboa Avenue, according to a Fire-Rescue's online incident fact sheet.
Fire crews were on scene in less than 10 minutes, according to the fact sheet. About 75 firefighters responded to the incident, and were still trying to douse the flames as of 11 p.m.
Battalion Chief Robert Rezende told OnScene TV that the call initially came in as a ringing alarm. The first crew on the scene rolled up to find smoke and flames coming through the roof.
Firefighters initially went inside to fight the fire, but conditions quickly became too dangerous, so crews resumed their efforts from the outside, according to the incident page.
The incident was upgraded to a first-alarm fire, then quickly to a second-alarm fire, Rezende said.
He said there were no reports of injury. "The good thing is that it happened at night without anybody inside," Rezende said.
The fire caused an estimated $1 million in damage to the building and $250,000 in damage to the contents, according to the incident page. The second floor, which includes offices and a kitchen, was heavily damaged.
The Metro Arson Strike Team — comprised of police and fire investigators — was trying to determine the cause.
This story originally appeared in San Diego Union-Tribune.
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