No injuries reported after early morning Redding blaze destroys home

March 3, 2021 Trevor Montgomery

REDDING, Calif. — No serious injuries were reported after an early morning blaze swept through a southwest Redding double wide mobile home earlier today, Wednesday, March 3.

The fire tore through a residence in the 1100 block of Kenyon Drive near Chantilly Lane, in a rural and somewhat mountainous area, southwest of SR-299W and Hwy 273.

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Officials were dispatched to the location around 2 a.m. after receiving reports of a residential structure fire, according to official radio traffic at the time.

Redding PD officers who were first to arrive at the scene described finding the residence fully engulfed in flames and reported locating four occupants who had already self-extricated from the burning home.

Lack of available water sources led to a 3,000 gallon water tender responding to the scene to assist firefighters battling today’s early morning blaze. Redding Firefighters photo

Although all four occupants appeared mostly uninjured, radio traffic indicated that medical personnel were asked to continue to the scene to evaluate one woman for unspecified minor injuries she may have sustained while fleeing the burning residence.

While officers checked for additional potential victims and started setting up traffic control, firefighters began arriving at the scene.

Due to limited fire hydrants in the area, Redding Fire’s response included a 3,000 gallon water tender to assist with water supply issues, according to a subsequent social media post issued by Redding Firefighters.

Once sufficient water sources were allocated, firefighters made quick work knocking down the blaze, and officials from the scene later said no firefighters were injured extinguishing the fire.

The cause of the blaze is still under investigation.

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Trevor Montgomery, 49, moved in 2017 to the Intermountain area of Shasta County from Riverside County and runs Riverside County News Source (RCNS) and Shasta County News Source (SCNS).

Additionally, he writes or has written for several other news organizations; including Riverside County-based newspapers Valley News, Valley Chronicle, Anza Valley Outlook, and Hemet & San Jacinto Chronicle; the Bonsall/Fallbrook Village News in San Diego County; and Mountain Echo in Shasta County. He is also a regular contributor to Thin Blue Line TV and Law Enforcement News Network and has had his stories featured on news stations throughout the Southern California and North State regions.

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, breaking his back, and suffering both spinal cord and brain injuries in an off-duty accident. (Click here to see segment of Discovery Channel documentary of Trevor’s 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 30 years and was a foster parent to more than 60 children over 13 years. He is now an adoptive parent and his “fluid family” includes 13 children and 18 grandchildren.