A burning motor home seen fully engulfed in flames prompted a swift response by firefighters to a vacant lot in Castaic Wednesday afternoon.
Shortly before 2:30 p.m., witnesses spotted the motor home on fire on The Old Road near Parker Road. Firefighters got to the scene within six minutes and extinguished the fire.
“The call was for an RV fire on a vacant lot,” Fire Department spokesman Chris Thomas said. “When they got there, it was fully involved,” he said, adding there was no exposure to any other structure.
The lot is actually used to store boats and RVs.
Thanks to the quick-thinking owner of the ill-fated RV, the burning vehicle was moved to an isolated spot away from vehicles stored there. The owner of the motor home was working on his RV when a propane tank exploded.
“At 2 o’clock the fire started,” said lot owner Agustin Infante. “A woman ran up saying, ‘Help me, help me,’ and I looked outside and saw the fire.