Riverside County has been notified by fire officials that it appears the Volcano Fire was accidentally caused by a county Transportation Department worker mowing weeds alongside Tenaja Road. 
The county is providing its full cooperation as Fire Department officials continue their investigation and their efforts to bring the fire under control.
Each year, the county works to reduce the chance of fire by clearing brush and weeds along roadsides.
The fire is a tragedy for the residents whose homes are threatened and whose lives and families are being disrupted. County officials will do everything in their power to assist them.
For the remainder of the day, any other information regarding the fire will be released through the Riverside County Fire Department/CalFire.
*Courtesy of the county of Riverside
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Here’s an ingenious idea – strap fire extinguishers to mowers. It will give you a better chance at dousing that first spark. It’s ironic and sad that fire abatement so often ends up causing wildfires. My sympathies to the family that lost their house.