Crime & Safety
Vehicle Torched in Fire Near Murrieta
The fire was reported shortly after 11 p.m. Monday on Leon Road, near Holland Road, outside Murrieta.
An abandoned, newer-model Honda went up in flames in a field outside Murrieta Monday, setting nearby grass on fire.
Firefighters called to Leon and Holland roads about 11:10 p.m. arrived to find the white car engulfed in flames, according to California Highway Patrol Officer Ron Thatcher.
The 2008 Honda had apparently crashed into a barbed wire fence in high brush, igniting the tall grass, firefighters at the scene told Patch.
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According to Thatcher, preliminary investigation points to the car having been stolen out of Menifee but the investigation is continuing.
A firefighter at the scene told Patch his company had been traveling from small fire to small fire all evening because of fireworks igniting patches of grass around Southwest Riverside County.
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The firefighter said he and the others in his station house were not even getting out of their turnout suits between calls.
