A pile of pallets and boxes caught fire Monday outside a Moreno Valley warehouse, with flames extending to several big rig trailers parked nearby.
The non-injury blaze was reported at 2:50 p.m. next to the Santa Fe Warehouse in the 28000 block of Eucalyptus Avenue, near Auto Mall Drive, just south of the Moreno Valley (60) Freeway, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.
The agency said that multiple engine crews were sent to the location and encountered flames raging in the pallets and cardboard boxes, some of which contained packages of hand sanitizer, reaching two trailers unhitched from trucks.
Firefighters deployed containment lines around the blaze, preventing it from reaching the warehouse.
As of 3:20 p.m., crews were making progress with containment.
County Department of Environmental Health inspectors were requested to assess what hazards might exist because of the materials burned at the site.
The cause of the fire was not immediately known.