Crime & Safety

Nearby Blaze Sends Smoke Into Elsinore, Murrieta, Temecula

Seeing smoke in Southwest Riverside County?

TRABUCO CANYON, CA — Orange County firefighters are battling a fast-moving fire in steep terrain in the Trabuco Cabyon area which was sending smoke into the Southwest Riverside County area on Monday afternoon.

Crews are on the scene in Holy Jim Canyon where more than 1,000 acres of brush has already burned. The fire has engulfed one cabin, according to the Orange County Fire Authority's Steve Concialdi.

Click here for the latest on the fire from our Rancho Santa Margarita Patch.

Find out what's happening in Lake Elsinore-Wildomarfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

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