A 5,200-acre brush fire burning on the southern tip of Riverside County was triggered by a faulty electrical panel on private property, officials confirmed
A slow-moving 5,200-acre brush fire burning in a federal preserve on the southern tip of Riverside County, along the boundary with San Diego County, was triggered by a faulty electrical panel on private property, officials confirmed Friday.The fire was one-fifth contained and no longer threatening any homes or other structures, situated within the Beauty Mountain Wilderness, maintained by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
Four structures were destroyed by the blaze, which prompted an evacuation order for the scattered homes south of Highway 371, north of the county line, west of Terwilliger Road and east of Foolish Pleasure Road.The orders were expected to be lifted anytime.
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