Spot Fires Burn Near Diamond Valley Boat Docks

HEMET, CA — Several spot fires broke out Friday near the marina at Diamond Valley Lake in Hemet, consuming almost two acres before crews got them under control.

The non-injury fires were reported about 12:45 p.m. in the 2600 block of Angler Avenue, on the north end of the lake.

A Hemet Fire Department battalion chief at the scene said two to three smaller blazes had combined and blackened acreage along an unpaved maintenance road east of the marina.

Multiple engine crews were deployed to the location, and the combined fire's forward rate of spread was stopped by 1:15 p.m., according to reports from the scene.

Crews were expected to mop up for another two hours.

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