Firefighters monitor chemical fire in San Clemente
Fire was ignited in polypropylene container in TRW (Northrop Grumman) property, officials say.
SAN CLEMENTE – About 60 firefighters are monitoring a chemical fire that has been burning for almost four hours today in an unincorporated area of the county, authorities said.
A chemical fire inside a polypropylene container on property owned by TRW (Northrop Grumman) was reported at 9:49 a.m. in the 33000 block of Avenida Pico. The flames caused a small brushfire nearby, but it was quickly extinguished, said Capt. Mike Blawn of the Orange County Fire Authority.
Firefighters are keeping an unspecified area near the container cleared because of other containers located nearby, Blawn said.
The fire was reported a few hundred feet from Camp Pendleton.
It is unknown what sparked the fire, Blawn said.
Helicopters also are monitoring the fire to make sure nearby brush is not ignited, Blawn said. Firefighters have decided to let the fire burn itself out and make sure it does not spread.
Courtsey of The Orange County Register
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