Courtesy of City of Mountain View.
Spontaneous combustion of rags soaked in wood stain sparked a fire in a multi-story apartment building in Mountain View, Calif., according to the City of Mountain View.
Fire units arrived at the apartment at 6:21 a.m. March 26 to find smoke coming from a maintenance cart in the hallway of the building. Firefighters quickly extinguished the flames with a water extinguisher and ensured the fire did not spread beyond the cart.
The damage was limited to smoke residue on the hallway walls and the materials on the maintenance cart. No injuries were reported.
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