The 517-acre Record Fire is 65% contained Wednesday, according to CalFire/Riverside County Fire Department.
The fire was caused by a transient camp, a CalFire official told The Desert Sun, with the agency still investigating whether the fire was started intentionally.
The fire was reported around 2:20 p.m. Sunday near the intersection of Soboba and Gilman Springs roads, officials said.
An evacuation warning was issued Sunday for Poppet Flats north of Wolf Road, west of Partridge Street and Hungry Hollow Road, south of Old Idyllwild Road and east of Gubner and lifted Monday.
Cal Fire Tanker 122, the department’s first fully operational C-130H, dropped 8,000 gallons of retardant on the blaze in its first firefighting mission, Cal Fire reported.
The upslope-burning fire was 15% contained Monday morning and 30% contained Monday evening.
Six firefighters were taken to a hospital with minor medical symptoms, officials said.
There are 200 firefighters assigned to the blaze, including from the Hemet, Murrieta and Soboba fire departments. There are 13 engines and four dozers involved in the firefight while “numerous firefighting air tankers from throughout the state are flying fire suppression missions as conditions allow,” according to CalFire/Riverside County Fire Department.
“Firefighters will remain on scene throughout the night to continue to build containment lines,” CalFire/Riverside County Fire Department noted in a statement.