Riverside County Cal Fire public information officer press briefing

Around 6:30 p.m. Riverside County Cal Fire were battling a structure fire near the intersection of Broadway Street and South Ronda Avenue in Cabazon. That blaze started as a building fire that ignited nearby brush and spread to several acres when Bell 407 helicopter and the Sikorsky S-64E helicopter had a mid air crash the Sikorsky S-64E was able to safely land and the Bell 407 crashed took the life of Cal Fire Division Chief Josh Bischof, Cal Fire Captain Tim Rodriguez and Tony Sousa, a contracted pilot, were killed in the crash. It is unknown at this time what caused the mid air crash to occur.