San Diego Fire Destroys Housing
Tuesday, August 12th, 2003 PropertyA fire earlier this month that gutted a 206-unit condo project under way in the San Diego community of University City is being blamed on a radical environmental group that is reported to have damaged resorts and homes in other parts of the country. The group, Earth Liberation Front or "ELF", is reported to have left a message behind at the scene that took credit for the blaze. While damages are expected to hit $50 million, including a $7 million crane, no injuries were reported in the pre-dawn fire. According to Leslie Halik, public information officer for the San Diego Fire Department, "By the time the crews got there and we got our first call which was around 3:03 (a.m.), it was actually well engulfed. We didn‘t put water on the fire, what we did was redirect our efforts to the structures around it.
