Crime & Safety

Photo of the Day: Still Standing

One very important thing in this picture may have saved many lives.

Thank Goodness for Firefighters and their vigilant colleagues in the police department!

, a fire broke out in at least one van at the U-Haul facility on El Camino Real and Grant Road. From that one van, the fire spread and damaged seven adjacent trucks.

The flames, fortunately, were quickly extinguished before they engulfed the dozens of other trucks neatly parked in the lot. If they had not been, that 500 gallon tower of propane gas could have, well, gone "Boom!" 

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So, let's be thankful that tank is still there!


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