UPDATE: Fire at College of the Desert originated from electrical outlet
Update – 5/22/18: Cal Fire officials revealed the fire originated from an electrical outlet where the dryer and other appliances were connected.
Read: Cause of last week’s fire at College of the Desert revealed
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Fire investigators today are looking into the cause of a fire inside a building on the College of the Desert campus in Palm Desert.
Riverside County firefighters responded about 10:50 p.m. Tuesday to a fire alarm in the Early Childhood Education Building in the 43000 block of Monterey Avenue, said April Newman with the Fire Department.
The building will remain closed for the foreseeable future, according to a COD press release. The main McCarthy Child Development Center will reopen on Thursday where displaced students will be served.
Crews spotted smoke coming from the building and found a fire burning inside a room. It took firefighters just over an hour to douse the fire and keep it from spreading to other areas, said Newman.
A damage estimate was not immediately available.
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