Brush Fire Stopped At 11 Acres In Lake Elsinore

LAKE ELSINORE, CA — A brush fire in Lake Elsinore Saturday posed a structure threat but was stopped without damaging buildings.

The fire was reported at 1 1/2 acres at 4:40 p.m. Saturday at Mission Trail Road and Vine Street, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.

The first arriving firefighters said it was burning at a moderate rate of spread with a structure threat, fire officials said.

By 9 p.m., fire officials reported that the fire was stopped and that firefighters would remain at the scene to finish clearing lines of vegetation around the fire and put out hotspots.

City News Service