Crime & Safety
Fire Near RivCo Freeway Interchange Blackens Acre, Forces Lane Closures
California Highway Patrol officers shut down two lanes on the eastbound 60 for public safety.
RIVERSIDE, CA — A fire that began in a mulch pile in downtown Riverside consumed about an acre and prompted lane closures on the Pomona (60) Freeway before it was stopped.
The non-injury blaze was reported at 1:28 p.m. along the shoulder of the eastbound 60, near the transition to the Riverside (91) Freeway, according to the Riverside Fire Department.
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The agency said that multiple engine crews were sent to the location and encountered flames raging in a large mulch pile behind a mobile home, extending into shrubs and trees adjacent to the freeway.
No structures were threatened.
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California Highway Patrol officers shut down two lanes on the eastbound 60 for public safety.
At 1:50 p.m., the fire's forward rate of spread was stopped, and the blaze was almost completely contained.
Crews were expected to finish mopping up by 4 p.m.
The cause of the fire was under investigation.
—City News Service
