Multiple homes evacuated on Presidio Drive following fire.

Updated on Feb. 25 at 7:35 p.m: a video of the electrical fire, used with the permission of Kourosh Saleminik, was added to this story.

An electrical fire took place around midnight, lasting into the early morning of Feb. 25, in a house located on 8093 Presidio

Drive. The house is owned by James McAuley.

“I just remember there were fire engines, and they told us to leave because they were worried it would come to our house too,” said Whitney Tan, the McAuleys’ neighbor and an MVHS alumna. “I feel bad for our neighbors, and I haven’t seen them around too much, but I’m hoping to help them in any way I can.”

Tan and her family were informed by the McAuleys of the problem around midnight and said that the sheriff and members of the fire department arrived later.

According to the McCauleys’ other neighbor and MVHS alumnus, Raj Dedhia, the fire started around

2 or 3 a.m. and was caused by an electrical problem. Dedhia was not home at the time but said that his parents were asked to evacuate as a safety precaution.

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