News From Around The County
HEMET, Calif. — Thanks to the fast and decisive response of area residents who jumped into action to battle a swift-moving vegetation fire that erupted in a Hemet residential neighborhood Tuesday evening, July 7, no homes were damaged or destroyed and no injuries were reported. Dramatic videos filmed from the scene of the fire, which was immediately threatening a large […]
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SAN JACINTO, Calif. — Authorities investigating an explosion that rocked a San Jacinto neighborhood early Thursday evening, June 25, say the explosion was caused by an illegal butane honey oil lab. The illicit drug lab was being operated inside a small, detached room behind a home on the 500 block of Soboba Avenue, between Main and E. 7th streets. Two […]
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UPDATED: Tuesday, June 23, 3:20 p.m. See Original Story below. BURNEY, Calif. — A battalion chief at the scene of a small vegetation fire burning off Tamarack Rd. in Burney updated at 3:08 p.m., that the fire had been knocked down and cancelled all other incoming firefighters and apparatus. The official reported that some firefighters already at the location would […]
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HEMET, Calif. — Two people sustained minor injuries and were displaced after a residential structure fire tore through a Little Lake area duplex late Sunday night, June 21. Although a dog was initially feared lost to the overnight blaze, which happened on the 41000 block of Briarwood Ave. in an unincorporated area of Hemet, the family pet was later found […]
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REDLANDS, Calif. — Fire agencies from throughout San Bernardino County and other surrounding communities spent much of the day battling a massive, three-alarm blaze that ripped through a Redlands distribution warehouse early Friday morning, June 5. The fire happened at a large, 600,000-square-foot commercial building that housed Amazon products and was home to Kuehne and Nagel; a third-party operator that […]
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TEMECULA, Calif. ─ Temecula Mayor James “Stew” Stewart, Temecula City Manager Aaron Adams and CAL FIRE/Riverside County Fire Chief Shawn Newman welcome John Crater as the newly appointed Division Fire Chief for the City of Temecula, effective May 11, 2020. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: DUI, reckless driving may have led to fatal Hemet crash SWAT standoff follows San Jacinto shooting […]
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AGUANGA — A man escaped serious injuries after a roller/compactor overturned on a rural Aguanga property late Friday afternoon, March 27. The accident, which caused the victim to be trapped under the large construction vehicle and later life-flighted to an area hospital, happened on the 42000 block of Hwy 79 South, according to Cal Fire officials. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: […]
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JOHNSON PARK — Authorities say unattended children playing with matches sparked a small fire in Johnson Park that led to a large emergency response Monday afternoon, March 30. No injuries were reported and no property was damaged as a result of the fire, which led to the children’s parents being contacted. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: One dead after car soars […]
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LAKEHEAD — Officials are asking for the public’s help after several Forest Service buildings at the Lakeshore Fire Station were burglarized during the early morning hours of Feb. 26. According to the U.S. Forest Service Shasta-Trinity Division, the thief or thieves made off with more than $30,000 in firefighting tools and equipment. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Sheriff’s K-9 helps nab […]
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BURNEY — Firefighters battling a Burney residential fire managed to extinguish the blaze, while also saving other nearby homes and structures, as well as an adjacent church that were threatened by the late-night fire, Monday evening, Feb. 18. Despite quickly knocking down the blaze the fire left the home uninhabitable, displacing at least one adult and a child, along with […]
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