Crime & Safety
Lake Elsinore Fire Breaks Out On Ortega Highway
BREAKING: The fire is burning southwest of Lake Elsinore.
LAKE ELSINORE, CA — A fire has broken in the area of Ortega Highway (Highway 74) and South Main Divide in Lake Elsinore Sunday, according to Cal Fire.
Officials have dubbed the blaze the "canyon fire." So far, the fire has burned 45 acres and is burning at a moderate rate of speed, forest officials said. The fire is 10 percent contained.
Fire near Ortega Highway above Lake Elsinore pic.twitter.com/Jr497sqAGT
— wakitu (@wakitu) August 27, 2017
View of Ortega Fire from our backyard in Lake Elsinore. #CALFIREservingCA #KTLA #canyonfire #NBC4 pic.twitter.com/moLlcULXOD
— Annie Pennington (@swimteammom37) August 27, 2017
@KTLA looks like a fire burning near Lake Elsinore area. Has grown quite a bit in the past 30 minutes pic.twitter.com/1WRNHH0kD9
— LAKingSteve (@DarthDopey) August 27, 2017
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