Local News in Brief : North County : Two Roofs Damaged Slightly by Brush Fire
A small brush fire broke out in Anaheim on Tuesday near the Riverside Freeway and Euclid Street, charring shingles on the roofs of two Fullerton homes in its path, fire officials said.
The fire began about 9:15 a.m. and firefighters from Anaheim extinguished it within 30 minutes, according to an Anaheim Fire Department dispatcher. The Fullerton Fire Department was called when some hot embers from the brush fire jumped to the roofs of two homes in the 700 block of West Houston Avenue in Fullerton.
The blaze blackened a quarter of an acre, according to Anaheim Fire Department spokeswoman Carolyn Griebe.
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