Overview
- Fire broke out around 4:45 a.m. Saturday on the 41000 block of Knight Drive in Murrieta.
- Responders found a mobile home, carport, three vehicles, two outbuildings and a large pine tree fully engulfed.
- Crews launched an interior search and attack, then shifted to defensive operations when the structure became unstable, containing the fire in about 45 minutes.
- Authorities report five occupants were inside; two were found dead, three were taken to a hospital, and multiple household pets also died.
- Officials have not released the victims’ names, though local reports citing a GoFundMe identify the deceased as two young daughters of Stacey Hales.