15 Images Show Devastation Of Fairview Fire In Riverside County

RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CA — The Fairview fire burning near Hemet has ripped through thousands of acres, killed two people and destroyed structures. The blaze is being battled on the ground and from the air, and containment is not expected until next week. Here are 15 photos that show what the fire has been like for crews, residents and creatures.

A hilltop home in Hemet escaped the flames that rendered the landscape surrounding it to ash.

A firefighter tends to the Fairview fire burning on a hillside near Hemet, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022.

In temperatures that exceeded 100 degrees Thursday, firefighters walk in a line to battle the Fairview fire near Hemet.

A firefighter works a back burn on the Fairview fire.

Rick Fitzpatrick holds a dog after evacuating Monday from the Fairview fire.

Firefighters extinguish flames that spread to a small outbuilding in Hemet.

Structure protection in Hemet as firefighters run hose lines around a hilltop home.

Cal Fire/Riverside County firefighters await water and retardant drops as they work toward containment of the Fairview fire.

Mopping up hotspots, this firefighter extinguishes smoldering brush after the Fairview fire moved through the Red Mountain area Thursday.

A Cal Fire air tanker drops fire retardant to keep flames from spreading.

Firefighters in the Red Mountain area continued to mount structure protection operations overnight Thursday.

Helicopters provided aid to firefighters on the ground and helped slow the blaze's spread.

A tree explodes into flames as firefighters battle the Fairview fire in Red Mountain.