A brush fire that erupted Thursday on the east end of Temecula scorched roughly 20 acres before it was stopped.
The non-injury blaze was reported at 9:30 a.m. Thursday in the area of Pauba Road and Winners Circle, just north of the Galway Downs Equestrian Center, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.
The agency stated multiple engine and hand crews were sent to the location and encountered flames moving at moderate rate through thick brush to the southeast.
Cal Fire water-dropping helicopters initiated runs on the brusher that slowed its advance, enabling crews to establish tentative containment lines.
By 11 a.m., the fire’s forward rate of spread had been stopped, according to reports from the scene.
Crews were expected to continue mopping up until late Thursday afternoon.
There was no immediate word regarding what might have triggered the blaze.