Two fires broke out in Riverside County on Sunday afternoon.
Firefighters were working to contain a fast-moving brush fire, called the Eagle fire, that began around 2 p.m. in the area of Eagle Canyon and Cajalco roads, just east of Interstate 15 in El Cerrito. As of 5 p.m. Sunday, the fire had consumed 450 acres with zero containment, the Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department said.
The second fire, in the city of Riverside, has already damaged homes, Capt. Paul Seawright said. Named the Hawarden fire, as of Sunday evening the blaze had burned an estimated 492 acres and damaged five structures in the area of Hawarden Drive and Mary Street, near the Alessandro Heights neighborhood.
Here’s where the fires are burning:
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