Riverside Fire Department truck
A Riverside Fire Department truck. Courtesy of the city

Firefighters stopped a brush fire in Perris at 18 acres, authorities said Sunday.

The fire was reported at 12:25 p.m. Saturday and was burning at a moderate rate of spread in the 21100 block of Harford Park Lane, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.

Crews stopped the forward rate of spread about two hours after the fire was initially reported.

Firefighters reported at 7 p.m. that they had the fire contained by lines of cleared vegetation and would remain several hours to put out hot spots and strengthen the lines.

No injuries were reported.

The cause of the fire was not immediately known.

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