Overnight inferno: More than a dozen families waking up to find their cars destroyed. The raging SoCal blaze now on ABC7
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. -- More than a dozen cars were damaged or destroyed in an overnight fire that ripped through a carport in Santa Clarita, and arson investigators were trying to determine a cause.
The fire was reported just before 2 a.m. Thursday at an apartment complex parking lot on Camp Plenty Road off of Soledad Canyon Road, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. At least 16 cars were burned to some degree, but no injuries were reported. The carport structure is made of wood, which allowed the fire to quickly spread before it was extinguished.
Residents in the apartment complex woke up to some explosions and found the flames tearing through their vehicles."This particular truck... my daughter passed away and this was her truck. I'm just attached to it and it's gone," said Antonio Castillo. A cause for the fire has not been determined, but fire officials told Eyewitness News it may have been some sort of mechanical failure.
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