FIRE DESTROYS HOME.Byline: KAREN MAESHIRO Staff Writer PALMDALE -- A fire broke out Friday in a two-story house in the 36900 block of Serendipity serendipity happy finding of an unexpected object or solution while searching for something else. Way in east Palmdale. Two adults and six children escaped the house after smelling smoke and finding the water heater in the garage ablaze, Los Angeles County Fire Department Not to be confused with Los Angeles Fire Department. The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD), serves unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, as well as 58 cities and towns that choose to have the county provide fire and EMS services, including the City of La Battalion battalion Tactical military organization composed of a headquarters and two or more companies, batteries, or similar units and usually commanded by a field-grade officer such as a lieutenant colonel. Chief Jim Kross said. The house was destroyed, and damage was estimated at $300,000, including $100,000 for the contents. The blaze started shortly before 4 p.m. and firefighters were ordered not to go into the building because of the size of the fire. ``They've gone defensive, which means no one is to go inside with hose lines due to the magnitude of the fire and structural compromise,'' Inspector Ron Haralson said. There was minor damage reported to a neighboring neigh·bor n. 1. One who lives near or next to another. 2. A person, place, or thing adjacent to or located near another. 3. A fellow human. 4. Used as a form of familiar address. v. house, and firefighters were working to protect adjacent homes, Haralson said. |
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