Mandalay Fire: Blaze in Riverside grows to 83 acres, but crews halt progress
Firefighters battled a brush fire Sunday that burned about 83 acres in Riverside before crews got it under control, according to a fire-monitoring website.
The fire was reported around 2 p.m. Sunday in the area west of Tyler Street and Mandalay Court, according to the city of Riverside Fire Department.
The fourth-alarm fire prompted an immediate evacuation order for the area near Gaylord Street, Eureka Drive and Mandalay Court due to the fire threatening nearby structures and life, according to the Riverside County Fire Department, which was assisting.
At 4:40 p.m., the fire-monitoring service Watch Duty reported that commanders believed crews had stopped the forward progress of the fire, although they were still working to fully surround and contain it.
The Riverside Fire Department said the effort to control the blaze "remained active" after 6 p.m.
At least two other wildfires were burning in the area on Sunday.
The Wolf Fire near Banning had grown to over 1,100 acres by Sunday evening, according to Cal Fire.
Evacuation orders were issued in parts of Riverside County as firefighters continued to battle the 100-acre Mindy Fire in Aguanga on Sunday.
This article originally appeared on Palm Springs Desert Sun: Mandalay Fire: Size, location, containment, evacuations, road closures
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