Firefighters Battle Vegetation Fire Near Perris

PERRIS, CA — Firefighters from the Riverside County Fire Department were battling a vegetation fire Sunday that was burning at least three acres.

The fire was reported around 2:35 p.m. Sunday in the 23100 block of Ellis Avenue in an unincorporated area near Perris, where firefighters reported the fire burning in light flashy fuels.

Additional resources were requested to include air support, according to the fire department.

Structures were reportedly being threatened, but no injuries were reported.

The cause of the fire was not immediately known.

— City News Service