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RIVERSIDE -- A wind-driven brush fire that blackened about 250 acres in the hills between Riverside and Norco was declared extinguished around 4 p.m. Wednesday.
The fire was reported around 12:20 p.m. Tuesday just off of Wentworth Drive in the La Sierra community of west Riverside. The blaze quickly spread to the southwest and burned across the Hidden Valley Golf Club in Norco.
The fire came close to some properties, but didn't cause any damage to structures.
City and county fire crews stopped the flames before they reached homes in Riverside, according to Riverside Fire Department Capt. Mitch Wesche. Initial reports of the blaze igniting a home in Norco proved to be false.
One firefighter suffered heat-related injuries, according to Norco Fire Department Inspector Sheldon Zell.
Residents in the 3000 block of Vandermolen Drive were evacuated to Ingalls Park, as Norco fire units and county fire crews staged on the road to protect structures.
Many of the property owners stable horses, and were loading the animals up into trailers to evacuate them.
Residents who chose to evacuate returned home a short time later, after crews got a handle on the fire, which burned into open space near the Corona city limits.
Zell said the fire consumed about 160 acres in Norco. According to Wesche, roughly 100 acres burned in Riverside.
The cause of the blaze was under investigation.
According to Zell, around 150 firefighters from the Norco, Riverside, Corona and Riverside County departments battled the fire at its peak Tuesday afternoon, aided by water-dropping helicopters and air tankers.
About 90 minutes after the Norco Fire broke out, another blaze erupted about five miles to the northeast. The River Bottom Fire burned about 75 acres in the brush-filled Santa Ana River wash, near the intersection of Rutland and Jurapa avenues in Riverside.
The blaze was expected to be fully contained Wednesday night.
At least one engine crew will be monitoring the fire, watching for flare-ups throughout the night, according to Riverside Fire Battalion Chief Bill Stamper.
About 50 homes were evacuated at the peak of the fire, and one home suffered minor damage before crews got a handle on the blaze.
The cause of the River Bottom Fire is under investigation.
Elsewhere in Riverside County, a five-acre fire burned through an open field in Temecula. Just north of the Riverside County line, a fire in Redlands in San Bernardino County burned about 15 acres and another fire in the Yucaipa area burned an acre.
The fire was reported around 12:20 p.m. Tuesday just off of Wentworth Drive in the La Sierra community of west Riverside. The blaze quickly spread to the southwest and burned across the Hidden Valley Golf Club in Norco.
The fire came close to some properties, but didn't cause any damage to structures.
City and county fire crews stopped the flames before they reached homes in Riverside, according to Riverside Fire Department Capt. Mitch Wesche. Initial reports of the blaze igniting a home in Norco proved to be false.
One firefighter suffered heat-related injuries, according to Norco Fire Department Inspector Sheldon Zell.
Residents in the 3000 block of Vandermolen Drive were evacuated to Ingalls Park, as Norco fire units and county fire crews staged on the road to protect structures.
Many of the property owners stable horses, and were loading the animals up into trailers to evacuate them.
Residents who chose to evacuate returned home a short time later, after crews got a handle on the fire, which burned into open space near the Corona city limits.
Zell said the fire consumed about 160 acres in Norco. According to Wesche, roughly 100 acres burned in Riverside.
The cause of the blaze was under investigation.
According to Zell, around 150 firefighters from the Norco, Riverside, Corona and Riverside County departments battled the fire at its peak Tuesday afternoon, aided by water-dropping helicopters and air tankers.
About 90 minutes after the Norco Fire broke out, another blaze erupted about five miles to the northeast. The River Bottom Fire burned about 75 acres in the brush-filled Santa Ana River wash, near the intersection of Rutland and Jurapa avenues in Riverside.
The blaze was expected to be fully contained Wednesday night.
At least one engine crew will be monitoring the fire, watching for flare-ups throughout the night, according to Riverside Fire Battalion Chief Bill Stamper.
About 50 homes were evacuated at the peak of the fire, and one home suffered minor damage before crews got a handle on the blaze.
The cause of the River Bottom Fire is under investigation.
Elsewhere in Riverside County, a five-acre fire burned through an open field in Temecula. Just north of the Riverside County line, a fire in Redlands in San Bernardino County burned about 15 acres and another fire in the Yucaipa area burned an acre.
