Escondido's "bomb house" was reduced to rubble late Thursday morning in a deliberately set fire that appeared to go off without a hitch.At 10:55 a.m., authorities ignited the northwest Escondido house to render harmless what they say was a record-size cache of explosives.
It took about an hour to reduce the single-story house to ashes.
Carrie Ruano, who owns a home directly east of the house, said the fire was "spectacular."
"Part of me is sad that it got to this point ... that somebody is losing their property," she said. "The other part of me thinks this is spectacular."
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