Crime & Safety

2 Dead In Fire East Of Temecula

The early morning fire ripped through a travel trailer, the Riverside County Fire Department reports.

The fire department said the blaze was contained around 2:25 a.m.
The fire department said the blaze was contained around 2:25 a.m. (Patch file photo by Renee Schiavone)

RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CA — Two people have been killed in an early morning fire in a travel trailer in a community east of Temecula, the Riverside County Fire Department reports. The blaze was first reported around 1:25 a.m. Thursday in the 45000 block of Highway 79 in Aguanga.

"Upon arrival the travel trailer was fully involved with threat to vegetation," the fire department said.

An hour later, the agency reported that there were two "confirmed civilian fatalities."

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The ages, genders and names of the victims were not immediately disclosed and additional details were not immediately available.

The cause of the fire was under investigation.

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City News Service contributed to this report

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