A brush fire that broke out Thursday north of Moreno Valley scorched roughly five acres before it was stopped.
The non-injury “Reche Fire” was reported at 4:15 p.m. Thursday on a hillside in the area of Reche Canyon Road and High Country Drive, about two miles north of the Moreno Valley (60) Freeway, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.
The agency announced that multiple engine and hand crews were sent to the location and encountered flames moving at a moderate rate across open space.
No homes or other structures were in the immediate vicinity.
Several Cal Fire air tankers and a water-dropping helicopter were summoned to make runs on the brusher. Its forward rate of spread was stopped at 4:55 p.m., according to reports from the scene.
Crews were expected to continue shoring up containment lines until late Thursday night.
The cause of the fire wasn’t immediately known.