A brush fire forced hours-long evacuations in part of Riverside County before giving residents the option to return safely Friday evening.
A brush fire forced temporary evacuations in part of Riverside County before expiring late Friday night.Cal Fire and the Riverside County Fire Department responded to a call of a vegetation fire near the intersection of Juniper Flats Road and Mapes Road in Homeland, California just after 2 p.m. Homeland is a census-designated place about eight and a half miles southeast of Perris.
While officials originally estimated the fire to have burned about 100 acres, they later corrected that to about 70 acres. At last check, the fire is believed to be 50% contained.Officials issued evacuation orders near the area of the fire just before 5 p.m. but have since given residents the option to go back.
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