COUNTY FAIR FIRE VS

A FIRE BROKE OUT IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF CLOSING DAY FOR THE MONTEREY COUNTY FAIR. A TRAILER USED BY A WATSONVILLE BAND WAS DESTROYED, WHEN IT CAUGHT FIRE ABOUT 4 A.M. SUNDAY MORNING. THE BAND WAS USING THE TRAILER TO RAISE MONEY BY MAKING AND SELLING DEEP-FRIED ARTICHOKES. A FIRE CREW WORKED FEVERISHLY TO DOUSE THE FLAMES AND PREVENT THEM FROM SPREADING TO A 500-GALLON PROPANE TANK, NEXT TO THE TRAILER. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.