Photo by Jenny Kirchner
Photo by Jenny Kirchner
Brush fire breaks out on Easter night
By Idyllwild Town Crier
At about 10 p.m. Easter night, a 75-foot-by-75-foot vegetation fire in heavy brush broke out on Saunders Meadow Road, south of the Idyllwild Transfer Station. The Idyllwild Fire Department quickly contained it, said Chief Patrick Reitz. The U.S. Forest Service responded to the scene and the two agencies controlled the Saunders Fire. The Forest Service is investigating the cause of the fire.
Photo by Jenny Kirchner
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