Firefighters' overnight efforts boost containment of Tenaja fire near Murrieta to 20%

Firefighters battling a fast-moving brush fire that has scorched 2,000 acres in the hillsides near Murrieta increased containment of the blaze to 20% overnight, state fire officials said Friday.erupted about 4 p.m. WednesdayWhile the blaze burned all the way down to the Copper Canyon neighborhood in Murrieta on Thursday, crews stopped the flames before any homes were destroyed, said Capt. Fernando Herrera, a spokesman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

One firefighter suffered a non-life-threatening injury in the blaze. The cause of the fire has not been determined. On Wednesday and Thursday, the fire was most active in the midafternoon. Forecasters and fire officials said the same could happen Friday as it was expected to be another hot, somewhat dry day, with humidity at about 30% and gusts up to 15 mph in the late morning and afternoon.

“We’ll take advantage of nightfall,” Herrera said Thursday. “This evening, we’ll be able to get our folks up on the higher ridges to work that and just continue strengthening the perimeter of the fire, making sure we put out any hot spots on the perimeter so we have that in effect tomorrow.”Firefighters work in heavy smoke and flames to protect a structure on Silverwood Street in Murrieta. A firefighter uses a water jet to douse water on smoldering hillside along Oak Bluff Lane in Murrieta.

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