How to resolve AdBlock issue? SPRING VALLEY, Calif. – A Spring Valley home was damaged by a late night fire on Friday.
The fire was reported at about 10 p.m. at 2632 Spring Valley Road, according to radio reports.
Northshore Fire and Cal Fire personnel arriving at the residence found smoke coming from the home, reports from the scene indicated.
Northshore Fire Chief Jay Beristianos said the fire was contained to a single room and its contents.
He estimated the residence had $25,000 in damage as a result of the damage.
Beristianos said the home formerly had been a marijuana grow house. One marijuana plant was found inside at the time of the fire.
The resident was displaced, but he wasn’t there at the time of the fire. “We never did see the tenant,” said Beristianos.
Reports from the scene indicated that both the sheriff’s office and Pacific Gas and Electric Co. responded to the incident. The fire meter later was reportedly pulled and the incident was cleared shortly before midnight.
Beristianos said the fire’s cause remains under investigation.
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