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CALIMESA, Calif. (KABC) -- A 500-acre brush fire erupted in Calimesa on Thursday afternoon when a trash truck dumped burning garbage in the area, resulting in the loss of 74 homes at a hilltop mobile home park, fire officials confirmed.

The Sandalwood Fire was at 823 acres as of Friday morning and was 10% contained, according to Cal Fire Riverside. Evacuations remained in place for affected areas.

The flames from the burning pile of trash quickly spread and ignited nearby vegetation in flames, according to Cal Fire Riverside Capt. Fernando Herrera.
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Mandatory evacuation orders were issued for south of Seventh Street and east of County Line Road, officials said.

An animal evacuation center was set up for families with large and small animals. Animals may be taken to the San Jacinto Valley Animal Campus, located at 581 S. Grand Ave.


Multiple agencies assigned a combined 120 firefighters to the incident, supported by two air tankers and a helicopter that were dropping Phos-Chek and water at the scene.

The flames were threatening the power grid and a railway in the area, Cal Fire said. A care and reception center was established at the Norton Younglove Multipurpose Senior Center, located at 908 Park Avenue in Calimesa.

A red flag warning had been in place in Riverside County and throughout the Southland since early Thursday morning.


CALIMESA (CBSLA) — More than 70 homes burned at a mobile home park in Calimesa. At least 16 homes were damaged, authorities said.

One family is hoping a woman’s home is the only thing they may have lost. The family is missing their 89-year-old mother. They are hoping, of course, that a neighbor might have taken her in.

Lois Arvickson was on the phone and telling family she was getting ready to evacuate the Sandlewood Fire.

Arvickson said she was getting in her car and just about to grab her purse.

The phone then went dead and the family has had no communication since.

The last thing witnesses saw was the woman’s home catching fire and her garage going up in flames.
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Another resident told CBS2/KCAL9 that the fire moved incredibly fast.

“Fire just engulfed the entire park,” Rosie Castalon told CBS2/KCAL9’s Nicole Comstock.

Castalon got a first responder to rescue her dog. But her home was one of these that was a total loss.

 
I used to live in this area. It's been a matchbox for years.

Looking at the street view of the mobile home park where it started showed me shitloads of Chaparral with watersheds that haven't been burned out/cleaned out for probably 10-15 years.

This one is going to get a lot worse before it gets better.
 
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