Briefly in the news

-- Deepa Bharath

A small fire rattled customers at a Ralphs supermarket in Westcliff

Plaza on Friday afternoon, officials said.

Workers were welding on the roof of the building shortly after noon

when the iron suddenly caught fire, melted and dropped into the food

section of the market, said Newport Beach Fire Capt. John Blauer. Nobody

was hurt.

“The fire was in a pretty small area, and the workers managed to put

it out themselves,” he said. “Our firefighters just finished it up.”

The building was evacuated for more than an hour until cleanup was

completed, he said.