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On Scene photography/videography: William Hayes / Epicenter News/Loudlabs News John Strangis / OnScene.TV HOMELAND – Firefighters battled a late night blaze in a storage lot on Highway 74 near Agnew Avenue Sunday, Sept. 18. Their efforts to knock down the fire were hampered by live power lines that were melting and shooting huge sparks. As the the power lines melted […]
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Cal Fire/Riverside County and Cal Fire/Yucaipa firefighters responded to the rollover accident. William Hayes photo REDLANDS – California Highway Patrol officers and Firefighters from two different counties responded to reports of a solo vehicle rollover traffic collision on San Timoteo Canyon Road, between Live Oak Canyon Road and Redlands Boulevard Wednesday, Sept. 21. The road where the accident happened is located in an unincorporated […]
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The first arriving engine company reported a 15,000 square foot strip mall with a well-established fire burning in the attic space. Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire photo BEAUMONT – Two firefighters suffered minor, but unspecified, injuries while battling a two alarm structure fire at a strip mall in the 400 block E. 6th Street in Beaumont Sept. 11. Both injured firefighters were transported by […]
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TEMECULA – Firefighters spent just over 30 minutes knocking down a residential fire in the 36900 block Los Alamitos Drive in an unincorporated area east of Temecula Sept. 10. The fire was first reported to Riverside County emergency dispatchers at about 5:43 p.m. 25 firefighters from six engine companies, one truck company, and one water tender responded to the residential […]
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Fire consumes a vehicle, garage and other portions of a residence in Little Lake. George Evans photo UPDATE 09/05/2016 9 p.m. At 8:45 p.m., CAL FIRE/Riverside County Fire Public Information Officer Jody Hagemann updated that the residential fire contained was contained at 8:15 p.m. Resources were expected to remain at the scene for at least one 1-2 hours for extensive clean up […]
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A Vintage WWII warplane ended up nose down in the dirt after suffering a hard landing during Skydive Perris’ 40th Anniversary event. Pete Torres photo PERRIS – A plane made what accident investigators called a hard landing during the 40th anniversary celebration of Skydive Perris Saturday Sept. 3. The airfield where the accident happened is near Goetz Road and Mountain Avenue in […]
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UPDATE: 09/03/2016 5:30 p.m. At 3:25 p.m. Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Public Information Officer Jody Hagemann provided an update to the ongoing fire operation at a commercial structure that burned in Banning. One 30,000 square foot abandoned concrete building was destroyed in the blaze, according to Hagemann. Fire personnel were expected to be at the scene for several hours, until […]
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UPDATE #8 8/30/16 9:45 p.m. The Bogart fire – which is now considered to be “human-caused” – has burned an estimated 1,000 acres and is about 10% contained, according to Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Spokeswoman April Newman. In a potential sign of the direction of their investigation – and belief the cause of the fire was possibly related to juvenile activity – in […]
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Nearly 200 firefighters spent most of the day and are now continuing to battle a 40-acre brush fire in Lakeland Village along the west side of Lake Elsinore near the Ortega Highway Sunday, Aug. 28. In the most recent update provided at 12:45 a.m. Aug. 29 by Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Public Information Officer spokeswoman Jennifer Fuhrman, she advised “the fire […]
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VALLE VISTA – Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire and City of Hemet City firefighters responded to the report of a multi-family dwelling structure fire. The fire was reported in the 43700 block of Nathan Drive in the community of Valle Vista Aug. 27, at 1:42 a.m. 30 firefighters from eight engine companies responded to the early morning blaze, according to Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Public Information […]
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