Fire burns structure housing firefighting training equipment
Fire was in structure at training facility near Camp San Luis Obispo
–At approximately 3:13 Tuesday morning, a fire was reported in the area of the Cal Fire/San Luis Obispo County Fire Department Tactical Drill Grounds Training Facility located near Camp San Luis Obispo adjacent to Cuesta College.
The first units on scene encountered a 4,000 square foot storage building fully involved with fire. The building was currently utilized to secure/store a large amount of fire department training equipment. It took 25 firefighters from Cal Fire/County Fire, the California Mens Colony Fire Department and San Luis Obispo City Fire Department approximately 1 hour to extinguish the fire. No injuries were reported.
The building and its contents, one vehicle and a large amount of fire department training equipment, were destroyed in the fire. The estimated dollar loss is $500,000 and the cause of the fire remains under investigation.
