Firefighters worked overnight to clear more vegetation around a brush fire in a canyon north of Moreno Valley that consumed 437 acres, increasing containment to 60%, officials said Sunday.
The fire was reported at about 1 p.m. Friday in the 9400 block of Reche Canyon Road, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.
Road closures and evacuation orders sent out Saturday for residents south of Reche Canyon Road, west of Locust/Truth, north of Alta Vista and east of Reche Vista Drive/Perris Boulevard have been lifted, the department 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 under investigation.