Fire Destroys Structure, Burns 2 Acres In Nuevo

NUEVO, CA — Riverside County Fire Department officials are investigating the cause of a fire that ripped through a Nuevo structure and nearby brush this week.

The non-injury fire broke out around 3:15 p.m. Thursday in the 28000 block of Lakeview Avenue, according to Fire Department Spokeswoman Tawny Cabral.

"The first arriving engine company reported one shed involved with extension into the surrounding vegetation," Cabral said.

More than two dozen firefighters from seven engine companies responded to the scene, she said. Crews managed to stop the spread of the fire a short time later after about two acres of brush burned.

— Images from the scene of the fire courtesy of Cynthia Leon