Firefighters Halt Brush Fire In Nuevo

NUEVO, CA — 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.

No injuries, evacuations or road closures were reported.

The cause of the fire was under investigation.

— City News Service