Overview
- Crews were dispatched around 4:45 a.m. to the 41000 block of Knight Drive in Murrieta.
- Responders arrived to find the mobile home, a carport, three vehicles, two outbuildings and a large pine tree fully engulfed.
- Firefighters conducted an initial search before retreating to exterior operations when the building’s integrity was compromised.
- The blaze was brought under control in about 45 minutes, and multiple household pets also died.
- Investigators from Murrieta Fire & Rescue and the Murrieta Police Department are examining the origin and cause, and authorities have not released the victims’ names.