LAKE MATHEWS: Mini Van Fire

Early Tuesday morning, June 11, 2019, Cal Fire / Riverside County Fire along with the California Highway Patrol responded to reports of a car fire with flames threatening to extend into the surrounding vegetation. The fire was reported around 12:30am on Cajalco Road just west of La Sierra Avenue. The first arriving engine company reported a mini van fully engulfed with minor spread to the nearby vegetation. Firefighters were able to make a quick and aggressive fire attack and contain the fire to the mini van and the immediate vegetation. No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire is unknown.