Firefighters were called around 5:41 p.m. to the area of Orange and Macy streets in Lake Elsinore.
A brush fire that erupted today on a hillside just west of Lake Elsinore scorched 130 acres in an hour and threatened homes abutting the Cleveland National Forest, prompting mandatory evacuation orders.
Multiple engine and hand crews from the county, U.S. Forest Service, Orange County Fire Authority and other agencies were sent to the location and encountered flames running downhill at a “dangerous rate of spread,” heading directly toward residences alongside the federal preserve, according to the department.
At 6:50 p.m., the flames jumped the highway, burning along both sides near a turnout known as the “Candy Store,” according to officials. California Highway Patrol officers and county sheriff’s deputies fully shut down the Ortega in both directions between San Juan Capistrano and Lake Elsinore. Motorists were being turned around from where they came for public safety.
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