Firefighters Monday battled a 2-acre fire of mulch piles and landscaping debris that was burning in an unincorporated area of Riverside County near Thousand Palms.
The fire was reported at 2:28 a.m. in the 27500 block of Rio Del Sol Road, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.
Firefighters arrived to a scene of 2 acres of 15-foot mulch piles and landscape debris burning in the area, fire officials said. Resources were expected to remain on the scene throughout Monday to work on containment.
Fire officials added that smoke was visible in the Coachella Valley area.
No other information was immediately available.