Two brush fires that erupted Wednesday on the south edge of Cabazon scorched nearly 100 acres before crews got the entire conflagration partially contained.
The non-injury blazes were reported at about 11:45 a.m. in the area of Almond Street and Esperanza Avenue, nearly a mile south of Interstate 10, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.
The agency said multiple engine and hand crews from the county and U.S. Forest Service were sent to the location and encountered flames moving through medium brush at a moderate rate.
The parallel brushers were estimated to be 15 and 80 acres, respectively, and the latter was 75% contained as of 4:30 p.m. The smaller fire was about 10% contained, according to the fire department.
Four Cal Fire air tankers and two water-dropping helicopters immediately initiated runs on the brusher, which pushed east through the San Gorgonio Pass toward a large subdivision in the unincorporated community.
Shortly after 1 p.m., evacuation orders were issued for all properties south of Bonita Avenue, north of Hattie Avenue, east of Broadway Street and west of Lime Street.
There were no reports of damage.
Officials did not immediately know what caused the fires.