Three-alarm, Jurupa Valley blaze destroys three homes, injures firefighters

JURUPA VALLEY, Calif. — Authorities say high winds and heavy fire conditions forced a three-alarm fire response after a blaze spread from a Jurupa Valley residence to two other homes yesterday, Tuesday, June 29. The blaze, which sent two firefighters to the hospital with unspecified injuries, occurred in the area of 56th and Dodd streets.

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CAL FIRE-Riverside County Fire Department was alerted to the blaze around 4:30 p.m. and responded to a single-story single-family dwelling with heavy smoke and fire showing from the garage, according to CAL FIRE-Riverside County Fire Department’s Battalion Chief Josh Janssen.

“First arriving firefighters were faced with heavy fire conditions in a primary residence with a strong wind coming out of the southwest that pushed that fire into additional structures,” Janssen explained from the scene of the still smoldering ruins of the three homes.

“We have a total of three residences that were consumed by fire,” the Chief continued. “They were also faced with high heat and humidity conditions.”

Janssen also later confirmed that two firefighters suffered unspecified injuries, saying, “We have transported two firefighters to a local hospital for illness.”

Their injuries were not considered to be life-threatening, according to Janssen.

As the fire swept from the first home to a second residence, second, and then third-alarms were requested; bringing a total number of fire apparatus to eight engines, two trucks and a Breathing Support. Corona FD & Riverside FD were also requested to assist with battling the growing blaze.

Three homes were eventually destroyed by the blaze, before it was successfully brought under control.

No other injuries were reported and the cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Contact the writer: [email protected] 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.

Contact the writer: [email protected]

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.

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