Jurupa Fire: Firefighters contain 30 acre brush fire in Riverside County
By KJ Hiramoto article
RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif. - Firefighters stopped the forward progress of a wildfire that broke out Thursday in the northwest corner of Riverside County.
Cal Fire and the Riverside County Fire Department responded to a call of a fire near Van Buren Boulevard and Jurupa Road in Jurupa Valley around 2 p.m.
Crews have contained about 40% of the fire, which covered about 30 acres.
Multiple engine and hand crews from the county, Corona and Riverside fire departments, as well as Murrieta Fire & Rescue, were sent to the location and encountered flames moving at a moderate rate through heavy vegetation. The fire jumped Van Buren from west to east, approaching transient camps and houses along Pedley Road. With the help of two Cal Fire water-dropping helicopters, crews stopped the fire s forward rate of spread about 5 p.m.
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A fire that broke out Monday in the Santa Ana River bottom between Jurupa Valley and Riverside charred at least 100 acres and threatened homes, prompting evacuations, but no injuries were reported.
UpdatedTue, May 25, 2021 at 9:11 am PT
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UPDATE AT 9:10 A.M. TUESDAY, MAY 25, 2021:
RIVERSIDE, CA A brush fire that erupted in the Santa Ana River bottom between Jurupa Valley and Riverside was 10 percent contained Tuesday after scorching 105 acres, though the progress of the flames was stopped and evacuation orders for residents near the fire were downgraded to warnings.
The non-injury blaze sparked about 11:10 a.m. Monday in the area of Jurupa Avenue and Van Buren Boulevard, less than a mile north of Riverside Municipal Airport, according to Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department.
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A brush fire that erupted Monday in the Santa Ana River bottom between Jurupa Valley and Riverside expanded to 200 acres after a second blaze branched off from the main one, and the combined wildfire was threatening homes and triggering evacuations amid windy conditions.
The main blaze started about 11:10 a.m. in the area of Jurupa Avenue and Van Buren Boulevard, less than a mile north of Riverside Municipal Airport, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.
Crews had been making steady progress encircling the fire when a separate brusher sprang up about 3:30 p.m. ahead of the larger one, near the Western Riverside County Animal Shelter.