UPDATE The FairviewFire in Hemet has now been mapped at 2,700 acres, state officials say
Two people were killed and another was injured Monday after a wildfire broke out in Hemet and quickly spread to 2,700 acres, officials said.
The Fairview Fire destroyed at least seven structures - several of them apparently homes - and damaged several others, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. The blaze was 5% contained as of 10 p.m. Evacuations were ordered for thousands of homes in the area. The initial evacuation applied to the area south of Thornton Avenue, north of Polly Butte Road, west of Fairview Avenue and east of State Street.
The evacuation area was later expanded to include the area south of Stetson, north of Cactus Valley Road, west of Fairview and east of State Street.The Hemet Unified School District said schools would be closed Tuesday because of the fire.The Fairview Fire was first reported just after 3:30 p.m. in the area of Fairview Avenue and Bautista Road. At first it was estimated at 20 acres burning in light to medium vegetation, but with the long-term drought and this week's heat wave, by 5 p.m.
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