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Two fires broke out Wednesday afternoon in North San Juan, according to Boyd Johnson, fire chief at the North San Juan fire department.
The first fire occurred around 2 p.m. in the backyard of a house on Scenic Drive when a weed trimmer possibly hit a rock and caused a spark, Johnson said.
The fire was quickly contained by the North San Juan fire department and the Columbia Hill station of the California Department of Forestry and Fire, Johnson said.
No one was injured and no property was damaged, the fire chief confirmed.
A second fire broke out in a car an hour later, around 3 p.m. Wednesday, on Tyler Foote Road uphill from Mother Truckers, according to Johnson.
The car fire spread into the vegetation next to the road, Johnson said.
The North San Juan Fire Department, the Calfire station on Columbia Hill, and the U.S. Forest Service contained the fire, he added.
“We believe it was electrical but the driver had left the scene,” Johnson said. “We believe he drove with the car on fire for 30 to 40 feet.”
The fire caused no property damage and nobody was hurt, Chief Johnson said.
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The first fire occurred around 2 p.m. in the backyard of a house on Scenic Drive when a weed trimmer possibly hit a rock and caused a spark, Johnson said.
The fire was quickly contained by the North San Juan fire department and the Columbia Hill station of the California Department of Forestry and Fire, Johnson said.
No one was injured and no property was damaged, the fire chief confirmed.
A second fire broke out in a car an hour later, around 3 p.m. Wednesday, on Tyler Foote Road uphill from Mother Truckers, according to Johnson.
The car fire spread into the vegetation next to the road, Johnson said.
The North San Juan Fire Department, the Calfire station on Columbia Hill, and the U.S. Forest Service contained the fire, he added.
“We believe it was electrical but the driver had left the scene,” Johnson said. “We believe he drove with the car on fire for 30 to 40 feet.”
The fire caused no property damage and nobody was hurt, Chief Johnson said.
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To contact Soumitro Sen, e-mail soumitros@theunion.com or call 477-4229.
