Crime & Safety

Traffic Alert: Fire Prompts Lane Closure On SR-60

A woman attempting to put out the flames with a water bottle before firefighters arrived.

MORENO VALLEY, CA --- A brush fire broke out Saturday on the side of State Route 60 in Riverside.The fire ignited at about 10:45 a.m. on the Day Street off-ramp on the westbound side of the freeway, according to the California Highway Patrol.

A CHP incident report describes a woman attempting to put out the flames with a water bottle before firefighters arrived.

Fire crews were summoned to the scene and were in route

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The CHP closed the freeway's No. 3 lane to accommodate firefighters.

The size of the fire was not immediately available.

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