Fire, Power Outage Affects Residents in La Ladera Park Area

Story and photos by Jennifer Baker

Residents in the area of Ridgemoor Elementary School and La Ladera Park reported power outages, possibly related to a small brush fire on Ridgemoor Road between Quail Bluff and Boulder Crest about 4:15 this afternoon.

Riverside County Sheriff’s Department deputies, Cal Fire and County Fire Department personnel responded. The cause of the fire is not yet known and the fire was fully contained by 5 p.m.

Sheriff’s deputies on scene reported that they were aware of the power outages and had notified Southern California Edison. Edison began restoring power to the area at 5:06 p.m., with power expected to be fully restored by 6 p.m. Approximately 1,083 Edison customers were affected, according to the company’s website.