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Vehicle Fire Spreads To Grass And Homeless Encampments in Lancaster

LANCASTER (CBSLA) - A vehicle fire Saturday afternoon spread to grass and homeless encampments in Lancaster and took firefighters about an hour to put out.

The fire was reported at 2:45 p.m. at Challenger Way and East Avenue L- 4, according to a Los Angeles County Fire Department dispatcher.

Firefighters reported the flames were out at 3:47 p.m., he said.

One firefighter was taken to a  hospital for treatment of a minor injury, the dispatcher said. Firefighters checked the homeless encampments twice and found no one injured.

(© Copyright 2020 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. City News Service contributed to this report.)

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