Fire is Under Investigation 

February 5, 2025 – Riverside County Sheriff’s Office officials report that on Monday, February 3, 2025, at 4:42 p.m., Hemet Sheriff’s Station deputies responded to a report of multiple fires in the 45000 block of State Highway 79 in Aguanga. Multiple reporting parties advised that a travel trailer and a vacant ravine were engulfed in flames.

As deputies arrived, they attempted to evacuate all persons in close proximity to the fire at the trailer. Sheriff Deputies secured the scene, as personnel from CAL-Fire battled the blaze. After the fire was extinguished and clean-up procedures had begun, the remains of a person were located inside the trailer.

The decedent's name is being withheld pending the confirmation of their identity and notification of next-of-kin. The Riverside Sheriff’s Central Homicide Unit was notified and assumed the investigation.

This investigation is ongoing, and additional follow-up is being conducted. Currently, no additional details are available for release. Anyone with additional information is encouraged to contact Investigator T. Gilbert with the Central Homicide Unit at (951) 955-1777 or Investigator R. Martinez with the Hemet Station at (951) 791-3400.

Reporting Supervisor: Sergeant Lance Stoyer

File # D250340045

Source: Riverside County Sheriff’s Office