Implementing the medical protocol will enable dispatchers with Murrieta Fire & Rescue to accurately assess each emergency and send the best response possible while safeguarding valuable and limited emergency services resources and increasing safety for both citizens and responders. Valley News/Courtesy photo
LAKE ELSINORE (CNS) - An investigation was continuing today to pinpoint the cause of a Lake Elsinore house fire that killed two children -- girls aged 1 and 2 -- and left six other people injured.
The deadly fire was reported about 2:45 p.m. Monday in the 32900 block of Blackwell Boulevard, near Brightman Avenue in the Lakeland Village community, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.
Crews sent to the location encountered flames in multiple rooms of the single-story residence, with heavy smoke in the attached garage. As firefighters were clearing the garage, they found the children's bodies, a battalion chief said.
Officials said the first firefighters on the scene reported a downed electrical line, but the cause of the blaze remains under investigation.
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