Riverside County firefighters battled a brush fire burning behind a Temecula winery on Sunday afternoon amid the region’s popular Easter holiday festivities.
The fire, which has been dubbed the Serena Fire by firefighters, was reported at around 2:30 p.m. in the 32700 block of Rancho California Road, in an open field behind Callaway Vineyard and Winery and the Sommers Bend neighborhood.
Upon arrival, crews said the fire had burned between 5 and 10 acres and was “burning at a moderate rate of spread.”
Smoke from the Serena Fire rising above a neighborhood of homes in Temecula on April 5, 2026.
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No injuries have been reported and the cause of the fire is under investigation.
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