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A mulch fire that erupted Friday in Thermal was contained.

The non-injury blaze was reported shortly after 5:30 a.m. Friday in the 82200 block of Airport Boulevard, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.

The agency stated that crews contained the 100-by-100-foot fire shortly before 9:50 a.m.

Mop-up was expected to last for a few days.

There was no immediate word on what might have triggered the fire.

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