Fire Crews Save Homes In Anza Blaze

Temecula CA

28 June, 2021

5:56 PM

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ANZA, CA — A wildfire that erupted Monday in Anza scorched about three acres and threatened structures before it was partially contained. The non-injury blaze was reported at 12:55 p.m. in the area of Meyers Lane and Terwilliger Road, just south of Highway 371, according to Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department. Multiple engine crews were sent to the location and encountered flames moving at a moderate rate to the east in a developed agricultural site. Several single-wide trailers were in the fire's path as two Cal Fire air tankers began making runs on the brusher at 1:20 p.m., but there were no reports of damage as of 2:15 p.m. The aircraft and ground crews slowed the brusher's spread, and by 2 p.m., firefighters had made steady progress encircling it, prompting the tankers to return to Hemet-Ryan Airport, according to reports from the scene. The cause of the fire was not immediately known.