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We previously reported about a recycling fire this past Sunday at the Goodwill in Santa Ana. It turns out there was another large fire that day just south of us in Costa Mesa. It’s no wonder the air quality in Santa Ana was so poor on Sunday afternoon!
Just after 5 p.m. on Sunday June 15th, Costa Mesa Fire Department resources were dispatched to the report of a trash fire in Fountain Valley, initially identified as a Fountain Valley fire in the Santa Ana River Channel, located off of Talbert.
Initial resources arrived, and identified that the fire was large, and located a large stack of wood pallets and multiple commercial vehicles on fire, which subsequently appeared to have begun on the backside and immediately adjacent to a commercial structure at 3595 Cadillac Ave. in Costa Mesa…