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Firefighters battled three small brush fires Wednesday morning and early afternoon in Santee, with the largest of the blazes scorching about three or four acres of vegetation near the Trolley Square at Santee Town Center shopping center, fire officials said.
The first blaze broke out in the morning at a homeless encampment on the north side of the city, Santee fire Chief John Garlow said. Crews made quick work of it, and it remained small.
Around 1:15 p.m., the largest of the three blazes erupted off Riverview Parkway, just northeast of Trolley Square between San Diego Christian College and Las Colinas Detention and Reentry Facility, Garlow said.
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Two people were injured in a fire that damaged a condominium building in Santee Saturday morning, fire authorities said.
The fire broke out about 9:15 a.m. in a unit on Carefree Drive off Magnolia Avenue, said Santee Fire Chief John Garlow.
The first arriving fire crews saw heavy smoke and fire showing from the two-story building, he said.
Both patients were reported to be stable after being treated at a hospital. Further details on their injuries were not available.
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One unit was heavily damaged by fire, while three other units suffered smoke and water damage, Garlow said.
The Red Cross was assisting four adults and two children who were displaced from their homes.
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In hopes of preventing future challenges like the ones faced by firefighters during a September fire in a Santee riverbed, the Santee City Council earlier this month approved $130,000 for the building of a firebreak.
City Manager Marlene Best proclaimed an emergency in asking the City Council to move quickly for a firebreak along the south property boundary of the western side of Mast Park where it abuts residences on Willowgrove Avenue, west of Carlton Hills Boulevard.
The firebreak will clear about 35 feet of dead vegetation and invasive trees from rear property lines across 2,300 feet and will allow easier access for firefighters near the San Diego River. There was already 15 feet of firebreak behind homes in the area, Santee Fire Capt. John Garlow explained, and so there will now be 50 feet of a break.