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San Diego Chief Says Brownout Had No Role in Fatal Fire
SAN DIEGO - San Diego's fire chief says a "brownout" that sidelines fire engines for budget reasons probably played no role in a recent deadly fire.
Authorities say a faulty space heater probably set the March 19 apartment fire that killed 87-year-old Sam Taylor. A fire engine that normally would have arrived from a station three blocks away was out of service that day and a pumper truck arrived more than three minutes later from another station.
The head of the firefighters' union says having a hose available immediately might have saved Taylor and he wants the brownout to end.
But Fire Chief Javier Mainar says the fire was so hot that Taylor probably could not have been saved.
San Diego has sidelined as many as eight engines daily since February to help close a $179 million deficit.
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Information from: The San Diego Union-Tribune, http://www.signonsandiego.com
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Authorities say a faulty space heater probably set the March 19 apartment fire that killed 87-year-old Sam Taylor. A fire engine that normally would have arrived from a station three blocks away was out of service that day and a pumper truck arrived more than three minutes later from another station.
The head of the firefighters' union says having a hose available immediately might have saved Taylor and he wants the brownout to end.
But Fire Chief Javier Mainar says the fire was so hot that Taylor probably could not have been saved.
San Diego has sidelined as many as eight engines daily since February to help close a $179 million deficit.
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Information from: The San Diego Union-Tribune, http://www.signonsandiego.com
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Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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Permalink Reply by Al Williams on
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The key word is "probably". Only way to rule out the probable theory is if the engine three blocks away had been in service. Other than that then you can't claim something else.
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Permalink Reply by Jeff Betz on
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I don't know the whole story, but really, what did anyone think he would say? He sure isn't going to tell folks that he thought it DID HAVE an impact upon the outcome.
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Permalink Reply by Jay Nicholson on
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Unlike the union President who did blame the brown-out for the fatality.
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