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About 100 store employees and customers were evacuated Monday night from the Vons on Rose Avenue in Oxnard after a refrigeration unit caught fire, authorities said.
An electrical malfunction in a produce refrigerator sparked a fire about 6 p.m. in the store at 2101 N. Rose Ave., said Deborah Shane, spokeswoman for the Oxnard Fire Department.
An employee used a fire extinguisher on the blaze before firefighters arrived about four minutes later, Shane said.
The store was closed for about two hours while fire officials checked the burned electrical components to make sure the fire hadn't spread, Shane said.
No one was injured.
Health officials instructed store employees on how to properly clean the affected area before the store was reopened. Vons management estimated losses at $20,000, Shane said.
Posted by AnnaWhaat on April 22, 2008 at 6:16 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Thankfully the fire was put out quickly and no one got hurt.
Posted by Ventura22 on April 22, 2008 at 9:57 a.m. (Suggest removal)
If this had happened at 8 Pm or later, they would have had one of their main exits blocked and locked. They do this nightly.
Posted by eguzie on April 22, 2008 at 12:42 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Yep..they do block the door by the Wells Fargo bank with carts! lol ...isnt that a hazard? what if the whole place cought on fire and they only had one exit? I dont know how they get away with that....
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