About 50 Burbank firefighters, helped by six from Glendale, battled a
two-alarm fire at a Burbank health foods store that caused about
$150,000 in damage, authorities said. The blaze started at 11:05 p.m.
Tuesday near the second-floor break room of Full O' Life Foods at
2515 Magnolia Blvd., Burbank Fire Capt. Ron Bell said. The first
company of Burbank firefighters responded about three minutes later
and, with the help of firefighters from the Glendale Fire Department,
extinguished the flames by 11:35 p.m., Bell said. The fire, which
fire officials said was caused by an undetermined electrical source,
damaged the break room, burned through the roof and torched store
merchandise, Bell said. No one was injured, he added. "The fire could
have easily gone the other direction and we could have lost the
building," Bell said. "But our performance was textbook -- quick
responses and aggressive interior firefighting." Glendale
firefighters, in addition to responding to the scene, watched over
Burbank fire stations, he said. Pasadena firefighters also covered
the stations.
