Robert Carter
Special to the Valley News
Four adults were displaced and two dogs were rescued after a fire engulfed a home Friday night, Oct. 16, in the 14400 block of Cholla Drive, north of Cactus Avenue in Moreno Valley.
Firefighters responded at 9:02 p.m. to reports of a residential fire with heavy smoke. Engine 91 arrived to find a single-story, single-family home fully engulfed in flames, with fire spreading into the front yard and surrounding palm trees.
Crews knocked down the house fire at 9:23 p.m. and continued extinguishing burning palm trees. Firefighters were expected to remain at the scene for approximately two hours.
No injuries were reported. The American Red Cross was requested to assist two men and two women displaced by the fire.
Firefighters also found two of the homeowners’ dogs in the backyard and brought them to safety.
The cause of the fire was not provided.
