One dead in RV fire in Santa Cruz County

Officials said one person died Sunday morning after a recreational vehicle caught fire near Boulder Creek.

The Cal Fire San Mateo/Santa Cruz Unit received a report of an RV fire on the 1000 block of Lost Valley Road in the Deer Creek Watershed at 9:51 a.m. According to Cal Fire, the RV was in an area only accessible by a four-wheel drive vehicle. Firefighters arrived at 10:24 a.m. and found the RV fully involved in flames. The fire had spread to vehicles and land nearby. It burned less than one-tenth of an acre before firefighters put out the blaze by 10:38 a.m.

“We did respond with Cal Fire to reports of a fire and in our preliminary investigation we’re viewing it as accidental,” said Sgt. Michael Derr with the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office. “Unfortunately there was someone inside the trailer that was found deceased. The identity is not truly known yet.”

Derr said the Sheriff’s Office plans to release more information in the coming days as the investigation into the fire continues.