The non-injury blaze was reported at 2:45 p.m. Wednesday in the area of Fruitvale and Sanderson avenues, according to the Hemet Fire Department.

The agency said multiple engine crews from the city and Riverside County Fire Department were sent to the location and encountered flames moving at a slow rate through a field bounded by roads.

No homes or other structures were threatened.

At 3:20 p.m., firefighters were making steady progress encircling the blaze, according to reports from the scene.

No Cal Fire aircraft from nearby Hemet-Ryan Airport were requested.

Full containment was expected by 4 p.m.

There was no word on what might have triggered the blaze.

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SAN JACINTO, CA — An evacuation warning was in place Monday in the Poppet Flats area of San Jacinto as firefighters battled a 517-acre brush fire that authorities believed was human-caused.

The fire was reported around 2:20 p.m. Sunday near the intersection of Soboba and Gilman Springs roads, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.

At the time of the initial report, the upslope-burning fire was estimated at five acres, but grew to 650 acres by 7:30 p.m., according to the fire department.

The fire was 15% contained by Monday morning, and later downgraded to 517 acres early Monday afternoon.

An evacuation warning was issued in parts of Poppet Flats north of Wolf Road, west of Partridge Street and Hungry Hollow Road, south of Old Idyllwild Road and east of Gubner, according to the fire department.

Multiple air and ground resources were on the scene.

Six firefighters were taken to a hospital with minor medical symptoms, the department said.

Officials did not say whether they believed the fire was accidentally or intentionally set.

The South Coast Air Quality Management District issued an air quality alert for increased fine particle pollution from the fire in the areas of Riverside, Palm Springs, Corona, Moreno Valley, Fontana, Indio, Cathedral City, Palm Desert, Idlyllwild-Pine Cove and the Coachella Valley.

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LAKE ELSINORE, CA – Firefighters were battling a brush fire that burned at least one acre in Lake Elsinore Saturday.

The fire was reported around 10:35 a.m. Saturday in the 274 block of Jarvis Street, the Riverside County Fire Department said.

According to the department, the forward rate of progress was stopped and crews were mopping up.

No evacuations or injuries were reported.

The cause of the fire was not immediately known.

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The Bluff Fire was first reported around noon and, as of 2:30 p.m., had charred an estimated 40 acres of “light, flashy fuels,” according to CAL FIRE.

Several aircraft assisted ground firefighting crews from Riverside County and the San Bernardino National Forest. Afternoon high temperatures in the region soared into the upper 90s amid a prolonged heat wave that has gripped California for over a week.

At about 2:40 p.m., CAL FIRE said the fire was 20% contained at 50 acres, and crews had stopped its forward progress.

The evacuation warning included the Banning bench area north of Sunnyslope Cemetery, west of Hathaway Canyon Road and east of Bluff Street (map). An evacuation center was established at Banning Senior Center at 769 N. San Gorgonio Ave.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Banning is 85 miles east of Los Angeles in the San Gorgonio Pass.

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The “Shirleon Fire” was reported at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday in the area of Old Banning Idyllwild Road and Shirleon Drive, according to Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department.

According to the agency, 10 engine and four hand crews were sent to the location and encountered flames burning at a slow rate to the east.

Throughout Tuesday night and most of Wednesday, firefighters worked to establish containment lines and close gaps.

No Cal Fire air tankers or helicopters were requested.

The fire was centered in terrain at the foot of the San Bernardino National Forest, and firefighters overcame challenges to fully encircle the brusher by 3 p.m. Wednesday, according to officials.

No injuries were reported in connection with the blaze, which did not impact private property.

The cause of the fire was under investigation.

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