A fire that began in a mulch pile was pushed by Santa Ana winds into a pallet storage yard in Jurupa Valley Thursday, burning hundreds of pallets and threatening surrounding structures.
The non-injury blaze was reported about 11:40 a.m. in the area of Brown Avenue and Wilson Street, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.
Multiple engine crews and truck companies from the county, Riverside Fire Department and San Bernardino County Fire Department were sent to the location and encountered flames spreading rapidly in the storage yard.
By 12:30 p.m., about two acres within the yard had been consumed, and power lines had collapsed, according to reports from the scene.
A school and church were adjacent to the yard, but crews were keeping the flames away from the structures.
The blaze originated in a mulch pile just inside San Bernardino County and was driven by easterly winds into Jurupa Valley, officials said.
Sheriff’s deputies and California Highway Patrol officers were requested for traffic control and to close Wilson, between Brown and Fleetwood Drive.
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