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RANCHO PENASQUITOS — A blaze that destroyed a garage at a house in Rancho Peñasquitos on Thursday evening was sparked by a young man who was trying to light a bong with a torch, authorities said.
The 23-year-old man and a firefighter suffered burns and were taken to UCSD Medical Center.
The fire began when the torch caught a sofa on fire at the home on Adobe Bluffs Drive about 6:35 p.m., according to police. The resident ran inside to get water but returned to find the garage fully engulfed in flames and the fire beginning to burn his Jeep.
He pushed the Jeep out of the garage, burning his hands.
Neighbors called 911, and the resident got his father and sister out of the house safely, said John Thomson, a battalion chief with the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.
A firefighter suffered second-degree burns on his face when crews opened a door connecting the home and garage and intense heat was drawn toward them.
The blaze took about 20 minutes to extinguish. Firefighters later found a large hookah pipe, bongs and other pipes in the garage.
There were some delays in the firefighter response times because a communications center computer had just crashed and the usual paging system did not work, Thomson said.
But he and other crews who heard the dispatcher's voice over their radios headed to the fire without waiting for a page. The result, Thomson said, was more firefighters at the house than usual.
Damage was estimated at $100,000.
The 23-year-old man and a firefighter suffered burns and were taken to UCSD Medical Center.
The fire began when the torch caught a sofa on fire at the home on Adobe Bluffs Drive about 6:35 p.m., according to police. The resident ran inside to get water but returned to find the garage fully engulfed in flames and the fire beginning to burn his Jeep.
He pushed the Jeep out of the garage, burning his hands.
Neighbors called 911, and the resident got his father and sister out of the house safely, said John Thomson, a battalion chief with the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.
A firefighter suffered second-degree burns on his face when crews opened a door connecting the home and garage and intense heat was drawn toward them.
The blaze took about 20 minutes to extinguish. Firefighters later found a large hookah pipe, bongs and other pipes in the garage.
There were some delays in the firefighter response times because a communications center computer had just crashed and the usual paging system did not work, Thomson said.
But he and other crews who heard the dispatcher's voice over their radios headed to the fire without waiting for a page. The result, Thomson said, was more firefighters at the house than usual.
Damage was estimated at $100,000.
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Permalink Reply by BillySFCVFD on
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That's what happens when potheads drink the bong water too. TCSS
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Permalink Reply by Ben Waller on
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What does this have to do with medicinal marijuana?
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Permalink Reply by Jay Nicholson on
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My attempt at sarcasm has failed.
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Permalink Reply by Brian Dumser on
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As Carlos Mencia says, "Dee De Dee!"
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Permalink Reply by Mick Shelley on
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What dose this story have to do with POT
This story should have been about the their
9-11 com. center going down, and causing
a delay in their response time to the call.
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Maybe the dispatchers were high on pot and caused the crash? Just a thought.
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