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RivCo Crews Battle Wildfire In Temecula Valley Area

A second wildfire in the Temecula area broke out late Thursday afternoon. What to know.

Smoke billowed from the Temecula Valley after another fire sparked amid Thursday's blistering heatwave.
Smoke billowed from the Temecula Valley after another fire sparked amid Thursday's blistering heatwave. (UC San Diego/Alert California)

TEMECULA, CA — During Thursday's blistering heat wave, yet another fire broke out in the Temecula Valley on Thursday afternoon.

The blaze was reported at 4:35 p.m. in the area of De Portola Road and Via Luisa in unincorporated Temecula, according to the Riverside County Fire Department/Cal Fire.

As of 5 p.m., the fire had burned two acres and was growing moderately, the department said.

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Additional resources were requested to help quell the flames.

No other information was immediately available.

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