Firefighters Battle Suspicious Commercial Building Fire
INCIDENT DATE/TIME: 1-22-24, 1:21 p.m.
LOCATION: 1600 block of West Orangethorpe Ave
AREA/CITY: FULLERTON
DETAILS:
- Fullerton Fire Department responded to a reported commercial structure fire
- when units arrived on scene they found heavy smoke and fire and a 2nd Alarm was requested..
- Orange County Fire Authority and Anaheim Fire and Rescue assisted with mutual aid.
- Knockdown took around 45 mins.
- The fire has been deemed suspicious and arson investigators have been summoned to the scene.
- Orangethorpe Elementary School was placed on a Shelter in place order due to heavy smoke drifting from the fire.
- The location was recently approved to be remodeled into a Korean Church.
- Both directions of Orangethorpe will be shut down for a couple hours, while crews remain on scene
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