Additional crews were responding to assist 138 firefighters who were fighting the fire on the ground. They were being aided by four air tankers and two helicopters, the Riverside County Fire Department said.
Fire commanders were requesting that the California Highway Patrol shut down California Highway 243 at Wesley Street, officials said.
The temperature was 94 degrees and the relative humidity wa 14% when the blaze broke out about 5 p.m.
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Image: Map shows the area where the brush fire was burning.
Credit: Google Maps
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