Fire at City of 10,000 Buddhas

Fire at the City of 10,000 Buddhas triggered a Zone 2' alarm when Ukiah Valley Fire District firefighters responded to reports of a structure fire in the 2600 block of Avatamsaka Way at 3:27 a.m. Tuesday.

Worshipers who arrived for the early morning ceremony found fire in the Long Life Hall, the UVFD reported.

When firefighters arrived, there was smoke but not a lot of flames and the fire looked to have been burning for awhile, Adair said. Damage was mostly to contents of the building rather than to the cinder block building itself.

Prior to firefighters' arrival, four fire extinguishers had been used on the fire, he said.
Long Life Hall was not occupied at the time of the fire and no injuries from the fire were reported, UVFD stated.

Because of the potential for the fire to spread, a second Zone 2' alarm was issued to alert firefighters from other agencies in the area, however UVFD firefighters were able to put out the fire. Concern for a more serious fire was there, Adair said, but UVFD caught it before additional help was needed. A Zone 2' alarm is when the three closest engines are called in.

Arriving at the City of 10,000 Buddhas, but not fighting fire, were firefighters from Ukiah Fire Department, Redwood Valley-Calpella Fire Department and Hopland Fire Protection District.
The cause of the fire is not suspected to be of suspicious nature, but the exact cause remains under investigation.

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My comments:-

What's amazing is that according to residents of the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas is that the fire didnot even get near to the inside of the Long Life Hall where the Medicine Buddhas are. And all the sacred objects were untouched by the fire. It just shows that the amazing blessings from the late Venerable Master Hsuan Hua is still there.