Squatting leads to garage fire in Fresno, firefighters say

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - An overloaded hold cord being utilized by a idiosyncratic who was squatting successful a Fresno store sparked a occurrence connected Friday, the Fresno Fire Department said.

According to firefighters, conscionable earlier 1:30 p.m., they responded to the 47000 artifact of East Clay Avenue for reports of a fire. When crews arrived, they said they recovered fume and flames coming from the detached store of a vacant home.

Firefighters accidental they were capable to rapidly extinguish the flames preventing immoderate harm to the location itself.

Fresno Fire says the origin of the occurrence was recovered to beryllium from an overloaded, low-grade hold cords being utilized by the idiosyncratic squatting successful the garage. According to Fresno Fire, the poor-quality hold cords are unsafe and known to beryllium a occurrence hazard.