Georgia Street Blaze Finally Takes Out Long-Vacant University Heights Eyesore

A long-vacant, red-tagged apartment complex in University Heights is now a pile of rubble after an early morning fire tore through the building, causing it to collapse and pushing thick smoke across the neighborhood. Fire officials say the structure had already been boarded up and labeled unsafe, and no injuries were reported. With the building unstable, crews focused on protecting nearby homes and businesses rather than sending firefighters inside.

Crews attacked a fully involved, unstable building

Dozens of San Diego Fire-Rescue personnel were sent to 4342 Georgia St. shortly before 6 AM on Feb. 21, where they arrived to find the single-story property fully involved in flames and too dangerous to enter, according to ABC 10News. Firefighters…..

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