On 7/27/2019 at 9:29 PM San Bernardino County Fire crews were dispatched to a reported residential structure fire in the 1100 block of North L Street in the City of San Bernardino. Battalion 127 & ME222 arrived on scene within 4 minutes of dispatch to find a detached garage, vehicle & trees well involved in fire. Crews initiated an aggressive fire attack finding a well developed fire with direct exposures to a nearby home, trees and vegetation. Due to the fires’ involvement & the exposures, a second alarm was quickly struck to bring much needed resources to the scene.
While crews set up for fire attack and exposure defense, they found a nearby field had caught fire from the fire’s embers. Battalion 127, who had taken “L Street IC” (Incident Command) re-routed nearby resources to mitigate the vegetation fire. Ultimately the fire was knocked down in approximately 20 minutes. Crews remained on scene for multiple hours working on overhaul & investigation. Due to the quick response of resources, the fire only damaged the detached garage, a vehicle & 1/4 acre of nearby vegetation. The initial alarm (5 Engines, 1 Truck, 1 Battalion Chief) all arrived on scene within 10 minutes of the initial call which helped bring adequate crews for the firefight, minimizing the fire’s spread.
#SBCoFD responded (12) Engines, 2 Truck Companies, (2) Battalion Chiefs, (1) Rescue & (1) Fire Investigator. Colton Fire assisted with (1) Medic Engine. While #SBCoFD Crews were committed to the call, move-up apparatus from #SBCoFD stations were moved in to San Bernardino to ensure there was no interruption in service. No injuries to fire crews or civilians were reported. Loss estimates weren’t available at the time of the release. The cause and origin of the fire is under investigation by #SBCoFD Office of the Fire Marshall Investigators.