#8221; padding_top=”56%” autoplay=”” min_width=”0px” max_width=”640px” width=”100%” height=”100%”] Shoppers were evacuated from the Westfield Palm Desert mall Monday morning due to an electrical problem that was quickly handled. Firefighters responded about 11 a.m. to reports of smoke coming from an electrical panel, but there was no active fire, according to the Riverside […]

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Shoppers were evacuated from the Westfield Palm Desert mall Monday morning due to an electrical problem that was quickly handled.

Firefighters responded about 11 a.m. to reports of smoke coming from an electrical panel, but there was no active fire, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. Utility crews were also sent to the scene.

Robert Hetch is a trainer at the World Gym inside the mall, he said clients were evacuated immediately, he said, “We told people to get out, get out, they left their keys, their purses, their wallets, they were in the shower and we had to rush them out of the shower.”

He said at firs

Electrical Fire at Westfield Palm Desert Mall Leads to Brief Evacuation