WOODCREST: One Hurt In Structure Fire

WOODCREST – Late Halloween night October 31, 2018 Cal Fire / Riverside County Fire responded to multiple reports of a residential structure fire with people possibly trapped. The fire was reported around 11:06pm in the 17000 block of Parsons Road. The first arriving engine company reported one structure well involved with extension to a vehicle. According to a neighbor, he was awaken by a group of kids laughing outside his home. When he got up to check, he saw a group of teens standing outside his gate laughing and filming the fire. The witness says him and his dad ran and got garden hoses and attempted to extinguish the massive blaze before firefighters arrived. Unconfirmed reports the structure was a barn converted into a living space behind the main home. Initial reports indicated a female suffered burns to one of her hands and was transported to an area hospital. The cause of the fire has yet to be determined.