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Santa Maria firefighters respond to grass fire, downed power line at Elks Rodeo Grounds

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Santa Maria Fire Department on Twitter
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Santa Maria Fire Department on Twitter
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Santa Maria Fire Department on Twitter
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Santa Maria Fire Department on Twitter
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May 2, 2020 5:19 pm
Published 4:32 pm

SANTA MARIA, Calif. - Santa Maria firefighters responded to a grass fire at Elks Rodeo Grounds on Saturday around 11:50 a.m.

Firefighters said there was a downed power line in the area.

Fortunately, the fire was extinguished quickly. PG&E responded to the scene to take care of the downed line.

PG&E told NewsChannel that the downed line caused an outage in the area at 12:04 p.m. that affected nine buildings. All power, however, was restored by 4:25 p.m.

They are still investigating what caused the wire to come down.

Check back for updates.

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