Crime & Safety
Fire at Rancho Penasquitos Home Causes $455K in Damages: [UPDATED]
The fire on Newmont Drive broke out about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.
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SAN DIEGO, CA: An electrical fire broke out in a Rancho Penasquitos home Tuesday, leaving two people displaced but no one was injured.
Firefighters responded to reports of a fire around 5:30 p.m. at 9170 Newmont Drive, but had trouble getting inside the house, said Capt. Joe Amador of the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department."It took a long time to get to the feed of the fire (because of the) amount of items in the house," Amador said.
The blaze took firefighters about 90 minutes to extinguish because "things kept lighting off," Amador said.
A preliminary investigation found the fire was accidental, though investigators were not able to determine where it started, Amador said.
The fire caused about $300,000 in damage to the main structure, $150,000 in damage to contents inside the home and another $5,000 in damage to neighboring buildings, Amador said.
City News Service
***Updated at 9:51 p.m. Pacific Time; Originally posted at 6:15 p.m. Pacific Time, April 19, 2016
