A FIRE IN THE COMMERCIAL CENTER OF HEMET, California, Wednesday night threatened an entire city block before the FD contained it.
SWRN / Fanaselle
“Once this thing got going, my biggest concern was that we could potentially lose the whole block. It certainly could have been much worse.” Hemet Fire Chief Matt Shobert told the Southwest Riverside News.
The fire began around 4 pm Pacific time and soon involved several businesses on the block, but the fire command on the scene determined to prevent it from spreading to the movie theater in the center. The 40 firefighters with 10 engines and 2 ladders were able to stop it there in about two hours.
The Riverside Press-Enterprise has an early report and more information about the 80-yr.-old move house HERE.
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