Lake Elsinore fire seriously injures one person
LAKE ELSINORE - A fire north of Lake Elsinore burned a home, spread to at least seven acres of surrounding vegetation and sent one person to a hospital.
The blaze was reported at 11:50 a.m. at El Toro and Lindell roads in an unincorporated area, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.
Fire officials said a civilian was airlifted to a hospital with serious injuries.
A video from the scene shared by the fire department on social media shows the apparent remains of a home reduced to burning rubble in a remote area.
The forward progress of the fire was stopped by 1:10 p.m., officials said.
Firefighters with the Murrieta Fire Department and the Bureau of Land
Management were at the scene assisting county fire crews with mop-up work.
Southern California Edison was also respondi