VALLEY SPRINGS, Calif. — A generator caused a fire that tore through a shed in the Calaveras County town of Burson, fire officials said in a Facebook post Friday.
Firefighters with the Calaveras Consolidated Fire Protection District responded to a shed next to a home on Fitzgerald Road in Burson after reports came in of a structure fire.
Investigators believe the fire started with a generator that was placed outside of the structure and eventually spread to the inside of the shed.
In a Facebook post, officials said that a generator's exhaust system should not be placed next to a structure.
At the time of the blaze, nearly 186 PG&E customers were without power in the Burson area, although it is unknown if the generator was in use due to a power outage.
Watch more from ABC10: Flood Watch | Stockton homeowners keep an eye on rising Calaveras River, Bear Creek with more storms coming
