A man admitted that he flicked his cigarette butt out of his car window, catching a tree on fire. NBC 7’s Artie Ojeda has more on the team effort it took to put out the fire.
Neighbors gathered near a home to help put out a fire in Spring Valley on Thursday evening.
The fire started at approximately 5:30 p.m. on the 8900 block of Valencia Street near Bancroft Drive.
NBC 7's Chopper recorded video of neighbors throwing buckets of water and using water hoses to put out the flames. The fire was burning close to several homes.
It's unknown where the fire began.
No other information was immediately available.
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