Electrical equipment fire leaves entire Citrus Heights mobile home park without power during heat wave
CITRUS HEIGHTS — An electrical equipment fire has left a mobile home park in Citrus Heights without power during Thursday's high heat.
The Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District said the power outage was affecting all 190 mobile homes at Imperial Mobile Home Park along Auburn Boulevard.
SMUD said power isn't expected to be restored until the end of Friday. The Sacramento area reached a high of 113 degrees on Thursday, which was a record for this date. Friday is expected to bring a high of at least 110 again to the area.
The fire was within the mobile home's electrical equipment, SMUD said. The equipment was destroyed and SMUD's transformers were not damaged.
SMUD responded again on Friday to coordinate with the mobile home park owner. SMUD expected power to be restored by the of the day Friday with a temporary fix.
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Because of this, Metro Fire said it was working with the Sacramento Office of Emergency Services, Sacramento Regional Transit and the Citrus Heights Police Department to evacuate residents of the park who may be at risk—likely the elderly and disabled—to places with air conditioning.
Metro Fire said it responded at around 6:30 p.m. to the fire. No structures at the mobile home park were damaged. SMUD said the cause of the fire was damaged equipment.