San Bernardino City Freeway Conflagration Fire

Date: October 13, 2008
Location: 215 fwy at Baseline Street
Time of the call: 1022 hours
First Unit on the scene: ME-226
Number of Units: 20 Emergency operation units, 1 Helicopter, 2 CalFire Handcrews
Number of Firefighters: 75
Injuries: One firefighter ankle injury
Fatalities: None

Photos courtesy of SBSUN

20 units from the San Bernardino City Fire Department, San Bernardino County Fire, Calfire, US Forest Service, Colton, Rialto, Loma Linda and Redlands responded to a rapidly spreading brush fire that started behind a business along the east side of the 215 fwy at 13th and H Streets.

Due to high winds the fire spread from the east side of the freeway to the west side of the fwy in a matter of minutes. The 215 fwy was shutdown at 1027 in both directions as well as the BNSF railroad that runs along side of the fwy.

The fire was fully contained at approximately 1330 hours and only one business suffered about $200,000.00 in damage.