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Brush fire caused by transient camp burns over 500 acres
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ontainment of the 517-acre Record Fire in San Jacinto increased to 65% Tuesday evening, according to CalFire/Riverside County Fire Department. The fire was caused by a transient camp, a CalFire official told The Desert Sun, with the agency still investigating whether the fire was started intentionally. The fire was reported around 2:20 p.m. Sunday near the intersection of Soboba and Gilman Springs roads, officials said. An evacuation warning was issued Sunday for Poppet Flats north of Wolf Road, west of Partridge Street and Hungry Hollow Road, south of Old Idyllwild Road and east of Gubner. The order was lifted Monday. Cal Fire Tanker 122, the department's first fully operational C-130H, dropped 8,000 gallons of retardant on the blaze in its first firefighting mission, Cal Fire reported. The upslope-burning fire was 15% contained Monday morning and 30% contained Monday evening. Six firefighters were taken to a hospital with minor medical symptoms, officials said. There are 200 firefighters assigned to the blaze, including from the Hemet, Murrieta and Soboba fire departments. There are 13 engines and four dozers involved in the firefight while "numerous firefighting air tankers from throughout the state are flying fire suppression missions as conditions allow," according
Elsinore officials to spotlight progress eradicating detritus, renewing lake
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Smoke billows from the Record Fire. | Photo courtesy of the Riverside County Fire Department
to CalFire/Riverside County Fire Department. "Firefighters will remain on scene throughout the night to continue to build containment lines," CalFire/Riverside County Fire Department noted in a statement. Brush fire blackens acre along Santa Ana River bottom A brush fire that broke out Tuesday along the Santa Ana River bottom in Jurupa Valley scorched an acre before it was stopped. The non-injury "Market Fire" was reported just after 10 a.m. in the area of Market and 24th streets, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. The agency said that multiple engine crews were sent to the location and encountered flames moving at a slow rate in medium brush near the Adams
Motorsports racetrack. Firefighters prevented the blaze from reaching any structures, and at 11:05 a.m., the forward rate of spread was stopped, according to officials at the scene. Full containment was expected by noon. The cause of the brusher was under investigation, but blazes throughout the Santa Ana River bottom are common year-round due to warming, cooking and debris fires ignited in homeless encampments, of which there are dozens in the dry channel, between Jurupa Valley and Riverside. Small brush fire contained in Lake Matthews Fire crews contained a two-acre vegetation fire Monday near Lake Matthews, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. The fire was reported at noon Monday just west of
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Lake Matthews. Firefighters contained the fire at 12:52 p.m., and remained on-scene for two hours for mop-up. The cause of the fire was not immediately available. Firefighters battle brush fire in Nuevo Riverside County Fire Department firefighters stopped a brush fire in Nuevo Saturday at 22 acres. The fire was reported at 4 p.m. Saturday near the intersection of Minton and Juniper Flats roads, where firefighters found it burning at a moderate rate of spread. At 6:30 p.m., the RCFD reported the forward rate of spread was stopped at 22 acres and that firefighters would remain on the scene for a few hours clearing more lines of vegetation around the burn area. See Fire Page 27
fficials from Lake Elsinore and representatives from a water treatment company that deployed a system earlier this year to eliminate algae and other impurities in the 3,300-acre water body will hold a "Global Water Summit" a week from Tuesday to highlight progress in the transformation process. The city's partnership with Hawthorne-based Moleaer Inc. was announced just before Christmas, and within a couple of months, the company deployed its Nanobubble Generators system to begin cleans-
ing the water, in what Lake Elsinore Mayor Steve Manos characterized at the time as a major move toward "progressive and sustainable change." "The Global Water Summit on Sept. 10 will feature presentations, discussions and interactive sessions that highlight a `One Water' approach to water treatment and the transformative impact of nanobubble technology on various treatment points, including large water bodies like Lake Elsinore," according to a municipal statement. "Attendees will have the opportunity to explore the potential of this
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Indio receives $8.9 million fiber connectivity grant By Staff and City News Service
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ndio received a roughly $8.9 million state grant to fund fiber and broadband improvements in underserved areas, the city announced Tuesday. The money, which comes from the California Public Utilities Commission's Federal Funding Account, will specifically target last-mile fiber connectivity, according to a statement from city officials. "This grant is a crucial step in ensuring that all resiSee Indio grant Page 27
dents of Indio, regardless of their location, have access to high-speed internet," Mayor Lupe Ramos Amith said in a statement. "Expanding fiber connectivity to our underserved communities will empower residents with the tools they need to succeed in today's digital world." The CPUC previously approved $237 million in third- and fourth-round grants for last-mile broadband projects under the $2 billion Last Mile Federal