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Two semi-trucks burn behind Indio Home Depot

Published August 24, 2018 9:32 PM

Two semi-trucks catch on fire behind the Home Depot off Jackson Street in Indio.

The fire was reported at around 4:33 p.m. near a loading dock at the Home Depot at the 42000 block of Jackson Street in Indio.

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The first arriving unit reported a single-story, commercial wide-rise structure with a fire involving two semi-truck trailers at the rear loading dock.

“Those customers were inside the store as well as employees were evacuated. Their emergency plan worked. I personally was at the front of the store with the store manager when I checked in,” said Captain Fernando Herrera, public information officer for Cal Fire. “Just about everyone that was a customer was evacuated. There were still some employees checking their areas, those were evacuated, moved from the inside of the building to the parking lot.”

The fire was contained shortly after 5:05 p.m. The loading dock was damaged but no injuries have been reported.