Incident Type: Vegetation Fire
updated: Dec 20, 2012, 8:42 PM

By Ventura FD

Date: 12/20/2012

Incident Number: 12-0075479

Information Contact: John Van Mannekes, Battalion Chief

Incident Type: Vegetation Fire

Date/Time of Incident: 12/20/2012 - 17:37 hours

Incident Location: Front St. / Ash St

Cause: Homeless Camp

Injuries: None

Number of Fire Personnel: 17

Fire Equipment: 4 Paramedic Engines, 1 Paramedic Truck, 1 Command

Agencies Involved: Ventura City Fire Department

Fire Protection Systems Present: None

Narrative: Ventura City Fire personnel responded to a report of a residential structure fire. Upon arrival, first arriving units found a homeless camp with a cooking fire that had escaped the containment area. The fire had spread to multiple palm trees, a large eucalyptus tree and threatened a nearby structure. Firefighters made an aggressive attack and protected the structure with very minimal damage caused by the fire. A fire investigator determined the cause and origin to be from the cooking fire in the homeless camp. No injuries were reported.

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