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A new wildfire was reported today at 7:19 p.m. in Riverside County, California. The wildfire has been burning on private land. Currently, there is no information on the containment of the fire and the cause of it is still undetermined.
The day after the Wolf Fire started, on June 30, the Juniper Fire burned 756 acres southeast of Lake Matthews, also in Riverside County. The Mandalay Fire burned just over 83 acres near residential developments in Jurupa Valley, and the Lake Fire burned 489 acres near popular Silverwood Lake in San Bernardino County.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of setting off fireworks that sparked a wildfire this week in coastal Southern California, forcing the evacuations of about a hundred canyon homes.
A new wildfire was reported today at 7:58 p.m. in Riverside County, California. Briggs Fire has been burning on private land. At this time, the containment status is unknown and the cause of the fire remains undetermined.
Laguna Beach police said they identified the suspect as a 13-year-old boy, who was arrested on suspicion of felony reckless burning of forest land.
He shared on X helicopter news footage from ABC affiliate KABC of Los Angeles that showed a man in a black T-shirt point what appeared to be a handgun during the protest and tear gassing. He and U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the incident happened around 2:26 p.m. There were no reports of anyone being struck by gunfire during the incident.
San Diego firefighters have fully contained the 50-acre Springs Fire, which broke out in rural East County on Thursday, and all evacuation orders and warnings have been lifted.
The Eaton and Palisades fires in January caused an unprecedented level of destruction, killing at least 30 people, destroying more than 16,000 homes in L.A. County and leaving a burn zone 2½ times the size of New York’s Manhattan. Two weeks into peak fire season, wildfires are spreading in California. Officials say it’s just the beginning.
A massive California wildfire has prompted evacuation orders and a highway closure. The Madre Fire ignited Wednesday afternoon in San Luis Obispo County, according to Cal Fire. It has since grown to 79,936 acres and is 30% contained as of Sunday, fire officials said.
The fire has prompted evacuation orders, warnings and highway closures in San Luis Obispo County about 100 miles north of Los Angeles.
California frequently suffers some of the costliest disasters in the country. Now state officials fear they’ll be left to face them without federal funding.