Multiple explosions reported at 2-acre pallet fire burning in Perris
Firefighters were battling a pallet fire with multiple explosions behind a commercial building in Perris early Friday, officials reported.
The fire was reported at 2:49 a.m. near a building at North Webster Avenue and the West Ramona Expressway, and by 6 a.m. it had spread across two acres of the property and been elevated to a three-alarm fire, though no structures were threatened, according to the Riverside County Fire Department website.
“Firefighters are continuing to fight the fire from all directions,” the agency’s website said.
The explosions were due to propane within the compound, the department reported.
Southern California Edison was asked to respond because two power poles had burned.
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UPDATES:
6:10 a.m.: This article was updated with the fire’s new size.
This article was originally published at 5 a.m.
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