A brush fire that erupted Friday in the Lakeview area scorched an estimated 600 acres and left one person burned as crews worked to contain it.
The blaze was reported about 3:25 p.m. in the area of Jack Rabbit Trail and Gilman Springs Road, just east of Mystic Lake and roughly halfway between Moreno Valley and San Jacinto, according to the California Highway Patrol and Riverside County Fire Department.
The agency said that multiple engine and hand crews form the county and other fire departments were sent to the location and encountered flames moving rapidly through open space.
A man was burned at the location, according to officials. Reports indicated he may have been in or near a vehicle that caught fire.
The victim, whose identity was not disclosed, was taken to Riverside University Medical Center in Moreno Valley for treatment.
CHP officers and sheriff’s deputies were diverting northbound vehicles away from Gilman Springs and onto Bridge Street for public safety, the CHP said.
There was no indication evacuations were imminent. Most of the space on the eastern face of Mystic Lake is agricultural, while the rugged Badlands line the opposite side of Gilman Springs Road and all along Jack Rabbit Trail.
That area is very sparsely populated.