SAN JACINTO: Victim burned in residential blaze
SAN JACINTO – A victim was burned and sustained major injuries when a house caught fire Sunday, March 26. The early-morning residential blaze broke out just after midnight in the 400 block of Shaver Street in San Jacinto.
Twenty-six firefighters from seven engine companies responded to the fire, Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Public Information Officer Tawny Cabral explained in an incident report. They were assisted by City of Hemet Fire Department, Soboba Fire Department, a breathing support unit and a paramedic squad.
“The first arriving engine company reported flames from a 1,000 square foot structure with one burn victim,” Castro wrote.
Firefighter/paramedics evaluated and treated the burn victim at the scene before American Medical Response medics transported the subject by ground ambulance to an area hospital.
Firefighters quickly knocked down the fire and began sorting through the charred remains to determine the cause of the blaze, which as of this report had not been specified.
They then began extensive overhaul and mop up operations and were expected to remain at the scene for up to two hours.
Southern California Edison personnel were summoned to the scene to turn off utilities to the residence and assess fire damage to at least one pole in the area.
One neighbor, who lives near the house that burned, said the house had been vacant for at least the last seven years.
There were no other reported injuries related to this incident.
The cause of the fire is currently under investigation.
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Trevor Montgomery runs Riverside County News Source and Shasta County News Source. He also writes for Riverside County based newspapers, Valley News and Anza Valley Outlook and he also writes for Bonsall/Fallbrook Village News in San Diego County.
Trevor spent 10 years in the U.S. Army as an Orthopedic Specialist before joining the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department in 1998. He was medically retired after losing his leg in an off-duty accident.
During his time with the sheriff’s department, Trevor worked at several different stations, including the Robert Presley Detention Center, the Southwest Station in Temecula, the Hemet Station, and the Lake Elsinore Station, along with many other locations.
Trevor’s assignments included Corrections, Patrol, DUI Enforcement, Boat and Personal Water-Craft based Lake Patrol, Off-Road Vehicle Enforcement, Problem Oriented Policing Team, Personnel and Background Investigations. He finished his career while working as a Sex Crimes and Child Abuse Investigator and was a court-designated expert in child abuse and child sex-related crimes.
Trevor has been married for more than 26 years and was a foster parent to more than 60 children over 13 years. He is now an adoptive parent and has 13 children and 12 – soon to be 13 – grandchildren.