Mobile home park obliterated by 1 of 3 fires still burning in Riverside County
Residents were reeling Friday after a fast-moving fire started by burning trash quickly swept through their mobile home park, killing an elderly woman who could not escape the flames.
Kimberly Turner said neighbors reported seeing Arvickson get in her car to leave, but they don’t know what happened next. The Turners saw TV news coverage that showed Arvickson’s home destroyed by fire and the car still in the driveway. By early afternoon, the fire had grown to more than 820 acres and was 10% contained. The blaze has destroyed 76 homes and buildings and damaged 14 others.“We’re being challenged with weather and wind,” Riverside County Fire Chief Todd Hopkins said Friday afternoon. “And we’re competing with resources right now due to all the other fire activity going on in Southern California.”in the San Fernando Valley, two other fires continued to burn overnight in Riverside County.
The perfect storm of heat, wind and dry weather will probably continue to drive fires blazing in Southern California, forecasters said.
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