Firefighters worked overnight to clear more vegetation around a brush fire in a canyon north of Moreno Valley that destroyed at least one home and consumed 437 acres.
The Reche Fire was 50% contained as of 8:40 p.m. Saturday.
It was first reported about 1 p.m. Friday in the area of Reche Canyon Road and High Country Drive, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.
Multiple engine and hand crews from the Riverside County Fire Department, Idyllwild Fire Protection District, Cal Fire-San Bernardino County and other agencies responded and encountered flames moving at a rapid rate through medium brush.
The area where the blaze started is lightly populated, with both single-family dwellings and mobile homes. However, the fire was pointed in the direction of a larger community bordering the Badlands.
An evacuation order was issued impacting residences south of Reche Canyon, north of Alta Vista Drive, west of Locust Avenue and east of Reche Vista Drive.
All road closures and evacuation warnings have been lifted, fire officials said.
At the height of the blaze, at least six Cal Fire air tankers and six water-dropping helicopters made runs on the blaze, successfully slowing its advance, enabling crews to start tightening up gaps.
The cause of the fire was not known.