CONEJO VALLEY BRIEFLY\Fire breaks out at Oaks mall store.Byline: Daily News THOUSAND OAKS Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. - Morning shoppers were forced to evacuate e·vac·u·ate v. 1. To empty or remove the contents of. 2. To excrete or discharge waste matter, especially of the bowels. Robinsons-May Robinsons-May was a chain of department stores operating in Southern California, Arizona and Las Vegas, Nevada, previously with headquarters in North Hollywood, California. West at The Oaks mall Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week. when a fire broke out in the store's main electrical panel on the second floor, fire officials said. At 11:40 a.m., Ventura County firefighters were called to the scene, where smoke and fire was reported coming from the department store's 10-foot-high electrical panel, said Capt. Larry Brister. Eleven firefighters contained the fire by 12:02 p.m., officials said. The fire was sparked when a circuit went bad and caused approximately $1,000 in damage to the electrical panel, Brister said. No injuries were reported, and the store was open again for business later Sunday afternoon. |
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