Menifee Brush Fire Quickly Tamed

Murrieta CA

14 July, 2021

7:15 PM

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MENIFEE, CA — A fire that broke out Wednesday in a field on the east end of Menifee charred roughly 2 acres before crews got it partially contained. The non-injury blaze was reported at 3:05 p.m. in the area of Southshore Drive and Holland Road, near the Wilderness Lakes RV Campground, according to Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department. The agency said multiple engine crews were sent to the location and encountered flames burning at a moderate rate through heavy vegetation amid southwest winds. No homes or other structures were threatened. Firefighters were able to establish tentative containment lines around most of the brusher by 3:30 p.m., according to reports from the scene. No Cal Fire aircraft were requested. The cause of the fire was not immediately known.