Written by AARON CASTREJON | CityWatch Editor SAN GABRIEL - Firefighters are battling a second-alarm fire in a strip mall.
The fire has caused a collapse of the structure, but the extent is not known. Firefighters responded to the commercial fire at 500 W. Valley Blvd. a 6:18 a.m. Flames can be seen shooting out of the roof of the one-story strip mall. It is unclear if anyone has been injured. Written by AARON CASTREJON | CityWatch Editor SAN GABRIEL - Commissioned auto body work at a shopping center turned disastrous after a lit torch burned three vehicles Sunday afternoon.
Two men agreed to meet for the transaction. As the work was being done, the mechanic lit a torch, which accidentally lit the vehicle on fire, said Lt. Rene Hernandez of the San Gabriel Police Department. The fire was reported behind the shopping center, 120 E. Valley Blvd, just after 4 p.m. As the fire grew, it damaged two other vehicles. “The main vehicle was basically totaled,” Hernandez said. The damage to the two other vehicles was not immediately known. No injuries were reported. |
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