DE LUZ, Calif. – A brush fire was reported at 1529 hours PDT in the area of Calle Uva x Calle Jardin, west of Temecula, California – sparking the wildfire name of Jardin Fire on Saturday, June 2, 2018.

CAUSE

The cause of today’s fire was due to a car fire into vegetation.

RESOURCES

Staffing:

  • 160 Firefighters
  • 3 Overhead personnel
  • 5 Crews
  • Law Enforcement
Photo Credit | CAL Fire

Incident Cooperators:

  • CAL Fire/Riverside
  • CAL Fire/San Diego
  • March ARB
  • Murrieta Fire Protection District
  • Pechanga FD
  • Riverside County FD
  • Riverside County SO
  • USFS – Cleveland
  • USFS – San Bernardino

Equipment:

  • 3 Helicopters
  • 16 Engine companies
  • 3 Air tankers
  • 1 Air Attack
  • 2 Water Tenders
  • 2 Bulldozers
  • 1 Helitender

CURRENT STATUS

Resources:

  • Though the ROS has been stopped, resources will remain on-scene for fire watch for the next 6 hours.

Rate of Spread:

  • The forward rate of spread has been stopped. (1754 hours PDT)
  • The first arriving engine from the CAL FIRE/Riverside County FD reported a 5-acre fire with a slow rate of spread.

(c) 2018 NW Fire Blog – 6/2/2018 @ 2010 hours PDT