A 3 alarm fire at an Irvine strip center was put out before it could spread

OCFA firefighters responded to the 5300 block of Walnut Ave., in Irvine, on Tuesday evening for a fire at a commercial strip center.

Engine 126 was the first-arriving unit and reported smoke from the roof area of a business. A second alarm was requested and subsequently a third which brought over 50 firefighters to the scene.

It took firefighters 43 to get a knockdown. Fire investigators are on scene. No cause determined yet.

A closer inspection found that only one unit was damaged.

Thanks to an aggressive attack, a knockdown was declared and the adjacent businesses were saved.

No injuries were reported.

Art Pedroza Editor

Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

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