"MOUNTAIN VIEW Police on Thursday took into custody at 16-year-old girl and a 58-year-old man, two of three people who had been living in an vacant, unsafe building and started a fire by lighting up a Duraflame log. Mountain View Building Division inspectors later red-tagged the building at 1599 and 1601 North Shoreline Boulevard after deeming it unsafe and uninhabitable, according to a news release Friday."
"As police approached the building, they smelled smoke and called for help from the Mountain View Fire Department. Inside, firefighters found the Duraflame log alight on a cookie sheet on the cement floor, with small flames shooting up, the news release said. While firefighters doused the flames with a fire extinguisher, they also noticed multiple extension cords and propane tanks around the room."
Police detained a 16-year-old girl and a 58-year-old man after finding them among three people living in a vacant, unsafe building where a Duraflame log had been lit and started a small fire. Firefighters extinguished the log on a cookie sheet and discovered multiple extension cords and propane tanks, creating hazardous conditions. Building inspectors red-tagged 1599 and 1601 North Shoreline Boulevard as unsafe and uninhabitable. Officers arrested the girl for a probation violation and the man on suspicion of resisting arrest, possession of drug paraphernalia, and illegally tapping power from a nearby AT&T utility box. A third person left when asked.
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