MENIFEE: Firefighters knock down blaze at Menifee business
MENIFEE – More than two dozen firefighters spent about one and one half hours knocking down a structure fire involving several vehicles, structures and outbuildings at a local business Sunday morning, April 23. The blaze broke out at the Menifee Collision Center in the 27700 block of Jackson Street in Menifee.
Two vehicles and two sheds were destroyed by the fire. Robert Carter/Public Safety Incidents photo
Twenty-seven firefighters from six engine companies and two truck companies responded to the fire about 10:28 a.m., after 911 callers in the area and at the business reported a large and growing fire at the location.
Callers reported that the growing blaze was threatening several vehicles and at least one 2000-square foot commercial building, according to Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Public Information Officer Jody Hagemann.
When they arrived, firefighters mounted an aggressive attack on the fire, while defending the threatened structures, both at the location as well as several surrounding homes and businesses.
Firefighters managed to bring the fire under control shortly before 11 a.m.
“The fire was contained to two sheds and two vehicles with minor extension into a (structure),” Hagemann said in an updated incident report after the fire was extinguished.
Hagemann estimated the business’ loss at about $10,000. Firefighters’ efforts saved an estimated $300,000 to the business’ remaining property, vehicles and structures.
After the fire was extinguished, Riverside County Environmental Health officials were summoned to the scene.
There were no reported injuries to citizens or firefighters related to this incident.
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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 and breaking his back in an off-duty accident.
During his time with the sheriff’s department, Trevor worked at several different stations, including Robert Presley Detention Center, Southwest Station in Temecula, Hemet/Valle Vista Station, Ben Clark Public Safety Training Center and Lake Elsinore Station, along with 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 and Personnel/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.
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