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Fire breaks out at industrial trucking site in Placer County

Fire breaks out at industrial trucking site in Placer County
WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS. BRANDI: THAT BREAKING NEWS OUT OF PLACER COUNTY. CREWS ARE ON THE SCENE OF A FIRE AT A PALLET YARD. DEIRDRE: IT IS HAPPENING NEAR FIDDYMENT ROAD AND ATHENS AVENUE. ERIN HEFT HAS BEEN OUT THERE ALL MORNING, SO WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED? ERIN: WE ARRIVED AROUND 5:30, ONE HOUR AFTER THE INITIAL CALL FIRE CREWS GOT TO READ THE FIRE AT AN INDUSTRIAL SITE THAT BURNED 14 TRUCKS AND TRAILERS. LOOK HOW HOT THIS BURNED. THEY ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT THE DAMAGES. CREWS ARE SIFTING THROUGH HOTSPOTS, AS YOU CAN SEE, ON THE GROUND. TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE AS WE PULLED UP ON SCENE THIS MORNING, ACTIVE FLAMES. THIS WAS AT AN INDUSTRIAL SITE RIGHT NEAR THUNDER VALLEY CASINO TO GIVE IT PERSPECTIVE FOR OUR VIEWERS. THE FIRE DIDN’T INVOLVE ANY PALLETS. THAT IS NEW INFORMATION, BUT IT DID FOR A LARGE BUILDING. THEY WERE TRYING TO APPROXIMATE HOW LARGE IT WAS. WITHOUT IT WAS 5000 SQUARE FEET AND NOW AT 2500 SQUARE FEET, BUT STILL SO MUCH BURN. THAT WAS A WELDING FACILITY WITH PROPANE TANKS, WHICH DID EXPLODE. ROSEVILLE FIRE, LINCOLN FIRE AND PLASTER COUNTY FIRE -- PLACER COUNTY FIRE ON SCENE. THIS IS WHAT FIRE CREWS HAD TO SAY. >> AS BUILDINGS FALL DOWN, AS THINGS GET COVERED, THERE ARE HEAT THAT MAINTAINS AND THERE, SO IT IS OUR OBJECTIVE TO MAKE SURE WE SIFT THROUGH EVERYTHING, SEE IF WE CAN SALVAGE ANYTHING, MAKE SURE HOTSPOTS ARE MITIGATED BEFORE WE LEAVE THE FIRE. ERIN: SITES LIKE THIS STARTING ON FIRE BECAUSE A PROBLEM IN THEMSELVES BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MUCH MATERIAL TO BURN, THERE ARE SO MANY INTRICATE PIECES THAT ARE FLAMMABLE, LIKE TRUCKS, PROPANE TANKS, BUT JUST NORMAL THINGS LIKE MANURE PILES, AND IT IS COMPLICATED AND ALLOWS FOR HOTSPOTS TO STILL EXIST. CREWS SAY THEY WILL ANTICIPATE TO BE HERE A FEW HOURS THROUGHOUT THE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON TO MAKE SURE THIS IS TAKEN CARE OF VERY IT NEEDS TO, SO THEY DON’T HAVE TO RETURN. WE WILL HAVE U
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Fire breaks out at industrial trucking site in Placer County
Crews battled a fire at an industrial trucking site in Placer County on Thursday morning. The fire broke out at the industrial site along Athens Avenue near Fiddyment Road. This is near Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Lincoln. Fire crews first received a call about the blaze around 4:30 a.m. The fire has since been knocked down, Cal Fire said. KCRA 3’s Erin Heft reported about 14 trucks and trailers were destroyed in the fire, along with a 5,000-square-foot building that was primarily used for welding. The majority of the trailers that burned were empty. Stay with KCRA 3 for updates.

Crews battled a fire at an industrial trucking site in Placer County on Thursday morning.

The fire broke out at the industrial site along Athens Avenue near Fiddyment Road. This is near Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Lincoln.

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Fire crews first received a call about the blaze around 4:30 a.m. The fire has since been knocked down, Cal Fire said.

KCRA 3’s Erin Heft reported about 14 trucks and trailers were destroyed in the fire, along with a 5,000-square-foot building that was primarily used for welding. The majority of the trailers that burned were empty.

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