rialto

A fire tore through a Rialto apartment building Friday night, displacing 16 households, officials said.

San Bernardino County Fire, which responded to the four-alarm blaze along with the Rialto Fire Department, said in a social media post that “a north wind rapidly pushed fire through the structure,” but it was eventually put out and there were no injuries to either civilians or firefighters.

Rialto Fire Capt. Jake Ploehn said the Red Cross was working to find the 16 displaced households a “place stay for the near future.”

Representatives from the Rialto Unified School District didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

County Superior Court in June said that investigators who had recently gone to the Rialto home of one of the alleged thieves discovered more than two dozen high-end watches that “appeared to match the items” known to have been stolen.