California Wildfires

Mobile home destroyed in Riverside County brush fire

As of 8:30 p.m. Friday, 25% of the blaze was contained

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One home was destroyed Friday when a vegetation fire consumed a little over 70 acres of land in Riverside County.

About 20 to 30 homes were ordered to evacuate in wake of the Hills Fire, which was reported at 2:11 p.m. near Juniper Flats Road and Mapes Road in the area of Homeland. By about 8:30 p.m., that order was downgraded to an evacuation warning.

One mobile home was destroyed by the blaze, authorities said.

As of 8:30 p.m., 25% of the blaze was contained. Two people and one firefighter were hospitalized with minor injuries.

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