
Local rancher Nick Nuciforo has been hailed as a hometown hero as he worked alongside firefighting personnel to help control the Bahrman Fire Wednesday, Oct. 9. Nuciforo took to his John Deere R6130 tractor and disked 12-foot swaths through the grasses and weeds to create a fire break."Here in Anza, we run towards trouble, not away from it. I'm not the hero - the CAL FIRE firefighters were the heroes - I was just a spoke in the wheel,” said Nuciforo. "I just didn't want that fire to cross the highway."According to CAL FIRE/Riverside County Fire Department, firefighters responded to multiple reports of vegetation on fire in the area of Bahrman Road and State Highway 371 in downtown Anza just before 2:00 p.m.. The first arriving engine company reported two acres burning at a modera