Crews battled a blaze that broke out Wednesday afternoon at a water treatment plant being built in Santee, fire officials said.
The fire sparked at 12001 Fanita Py at around 3 p.m. due to a heating process used to merge plastic pipes, according to the Santee Fire Department.Sign up for NBC San Diego newsletters.
The pipe's material and size — 42 inches wide and 4 inches thick — made it challenging for crews to extinguish the flames coming out of both sides of the pipe, Santee Fire Battalion Chief Jeff Hernandez said. A concrete box on the north end connected the pipe to the tank. The box was destroyed in the fire and would have to be rebuilt, according to Hernandez.
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