Fourth fire damage at $27,000

A fire that ravaged a Costa Mesa apartment on the Fourth of July

caused about $27,000 in damage, officials said.

The cause of the blaze, which damaged a bedroom and part of a hallway

in an apartment in the 100 block of Santa Isabel Avenue, is still under

investigation, said Costa Mesa Fire Battalion Chief Gregg Steward.

The fire was just one of many to scorch the city on the Fourth of

July. There were also two grass and three trash bin fires that were

caused by fireworks, Steward said.

The grass fires occurred in the 2500 block of Placentia Avenue and the

1000 block of Sea Bluff Drive.