Elsinore Fire Causes $120,000 In Damages

LAKE ELSINORE, CA — A backyard fire that sparked in Lake Elsinore on Tuesday spread to a nearby home and left one person with minor injuries, the Riverside County Fire Department reports. The fire was reported about 3:20 p.m. in the 29000 block of Hursh Street, near Lash Street.

An agency spokeswoman said seven engine crews and a truck company, numbering about 30 personnel, were sent to the location and encountered flames engulfing more than half of the two-story home.

"A combination offensive and defensive attack with vertical ventilation contained the fire to one structure and a neighboring backyard," April Newman said. "The fire originated in the backyard and spread into the neighboring residence."

One person, whose identity was not released, suffered from smoke inhalation and was treated at the scene by paramedics but declined to be taken to a hospital, the spokeswoman said.

The fire was knocked down within an hour, but caused an estimated $120,000 in damages. Newman said that firefighters managed to save approximately $400,000 in property.

The cause was under investigation.

— City News Service contributed to this report / Patch file photo by Renee Schiavone