On March 14, at 5:18pm, fire units were dispatched to a reported structure fire inside an occupied commercial strip mall located at 7826 Telegraph. The fire was inside Clearwoods Dry Cleaning. Firefighters arrived within 6 minutes of dispatch to find heavy smoke and fire showing from the exterior of the building. Firefighters made entry to make an aggressive attack to extinguish the fire. With the amount of smoke and fire showing throughout the strip mall a second alarm was requested.
Firefighters extinguished the fire with a coordinated effort of vertical and horizontal ventilation to keep the fire from spreading to adjoining businesses. The fire was knocked down 27 minutes after the initial 911 call. Ventura City Fire units were assisted by Ventura County Fire Department, Oxnard Fire Department, as well as Ventura Police Department.
