Murrieta Fire
&Rescue with
Murrieta PD
Alamos and Keith Fire Updates
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2 Alamos Fire
Los Alamos Rd. Just East of the Sports Park
• Fire Started at approximately 3 pm with strong
wind
s and temperatures above 100 degrees.
• Rapidly spread into an open area with many
struc
tures threatened
• Evacuations started, and EOC activated
• Cal Fire requested to assist with ground and Air
Suppor
t
• Fire contained to 72 acres after approximately 1.5
hou
rs of suppression efforts
• Evacuations Downgraded, with the exception of
70 homes that were left without power
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3 A Large Air Tanker (LAT) was utilized to deliver retardant to the perimeter of the fire
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6 Keith Fire
I-215 NB Just North of Los Alamos Rd
• Fire Started at approximately 2 pm with strong
wind
s and temperatures above 100 degrees.
• Rapidly spread along the freeway, immediately
imp
acting structures
• Evacuations started, and EOC activated
• Murrieta Fire resources attacked from the freeway
and
in the neighborhood
• Fire contained to approx. 4 acres after
appr
oximately 45 minutes of suppression efforts
• All residents were allowed to repopulate
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Event Summary
2 Critical Fast-moving fires on back-
to-back days
• Well-managed low-frequency,
high-complexity events
• Zero Civilian Injuries
• Zero Structures Lost
• Zero Firefighter or PD Injuries
• Great city-
wide cooperation
• Great examples of our innovative
new technology and how we
apply it to emergency incidents
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CITY MANAGER - ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE
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