21-Acre Vegetation Fire Damages Oceanside Home, Threatens Businesses

21-Acre Vegetation Fire Damages Oceanside Home, Threatens Businesses

A Oceanside Fire Department vehicle. Courtesy City of Oceanside A 21-acre vegetation fire caused minor damage to one home, threatened multiple commercial buildings and was 60% contained, the Oceanside Fire Department said Monday. The blaze began at 2:23 p.m. Sunday on the edge of a marshy wetland known as Talone Lake,  according to fire officials. Arriving firefighters from Oceanside and Camp Pendleton could see thick smoke rising rapidly with f…