A 200-acre wildfire near Lake Elsinore triggered evacuations on four streets in the nearby area but those evacuations have now been lifted, according to alerts from CAL FIRE and Riverside County Fire Department.
The Rose Fire was 10 percent contained by about 9:15 p.m. and an evacuation order issued for Amorose Street, Rockridge Road, Toft Street and Ainsworth Place has been lifted, according to incident and safety messages from the fire department and CAL FIRE.
The blaze was first reported in the 14800 block of Amorose Street at about 2:22 p.m., local fire officials said.
The evacuations were lifted at about 8:10 p.m., officials said.
There was also previously a road closure on Grand Avenue between Amorose Street and Machado Street, but now Grand Avenue has been reopened, according to an incident report from fire officials, who advised people to drive carefully in the surrounding area of the fire.
“Motorists would drive with caution through the fire area and yield to fire equipment and personnel working,” an incident fact sheet from fire officials read.
#RoseFIRE [UPDATE]: All EVACUATION ORDERS LIFTED. Including: Amorose St, Rockridge Rd Ainsworth Pl and Toft St. Grand Ave also reopened.
— CAL FIRE Riverside (@CALFIRERRU) August 1, 2017
The evacuation center was at Elsinore High School, which is located at 21800 Canyon Drive in Wildomar, officials said.
The Rose Fire was burning in medium fuels at a rapid rate, officials said. It was described as burning through 150 acres at about 4:30 p.m. and had grown to 200 acres by 7 p.m., an incident report from fire officials said.
By 7:30 p.m., CAL FIRE investigators determined the fire was caused accidentally by equipment, officials said.
Previous evacuation warnings — which have since been lifted — were announced earlier in the day for El Cariso Village, El Cariso Campground, Los Pinos Campground and North Main, officials said.
#RoseFire [update] off Amorose St, in the community of Lake Elsinore (Riverside County) mandatory evacs in place. https://t.co/xB1d4qSrrn pic.twitter.com/1ieqD9tElZ
— CAL FIRE (@CAL_FIRE) August 1, 2017
#RoseFire Looking down canyon from the Cleveland National Forest https://t.co/th3KyUXJph @ClevelandNF @CALFIRERRU pic.twitter.com/uHC1pa5VjG
— USFS Fire-California (@R5_Fire_News) August 1, 2017