Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor GLENDORA - Ground crews and a nighttime water-dropping helicopter made quick work of a two-acre brushfire that ignited at the very top of the South Hills wilderness Park July 4.
First responders were dispatched at 9:12 p.m. Tuesday, July 4. The fire chard light to medium fuels. No homes were threatened, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. At 10:22 p.m., firefighters head forward progress stopped. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor GLENDORA - The uninjured driver accused of crashing into a garage and severing a gas line that ignited a destructive fire Wednesday was arrested and booked on suspicion of DUI.
Wanda Lewis, 52, was arrested at 5:16 p.m. She was booked at 6:26 p.m. and later released on a citation at 8:30 p.m., according to Los Angeles County booking records. Lewis was the only occupant of the SUV that smashed into a garage in the 2400 of Curtis Court December 28, according to Sgt. Josh Price of the Glendora Police Department. Lewis was able to free herself from the twisted wreck before the gas line ignited, Price told SGV CityWatch. The crash and fire heavily damaged a garage, burning property inside and burning the crashed SUV. As firefighters worked to extinguish the blaze, other firefighters worked to pull the SUV off the gas line that fed the flames that burned the garage and crashed SUV. Court date information for Lewis was not readily available. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor GLENDORA - Firefighters knocked down a fire at a home damaged by a fallen tree Tuesday night. The fire was reported at a home in the 700 block of West Heber Street. Firefighters were dispatched at 9:08 p.m. and flames were knocked down around 9:40 p.m., according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Health hazmat units from the Los Angeles County Fire Department are being called to the scene after marijuana was discovered at the home, according to firefighters. It is unclear if the marijuana is part of a grow operation. |
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