A brush fire erupted Friday on the north end of Anza, less than a mile from where another blaze broke out a day prior, quickly scorching an acre and destroying an outbuilding.
The non-injury blaze was reported just after 11 a.m. Friday in the area of Cave Rock Road and Windy Hill Lane, just east of the Cahuilla Indian Reservation, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.
The agency said multiple crews were pulled away from the 32-acre “Howard Fire” burning to the northeast to battle the new brusher, which was moving at a moderate rate to the north amid 10 mph winds.
An outbuilding, possibly functioning as an indoor marijuana grow, was consumed before firefighters could deploy to establish a defensive perimeter, according to reports from the scene.
Four Cal Fire air tankers and a water-dropping helicopter were summoned, and the first two tankers arrived over the location at 11:35 a.m., initiating a series of runs that slowed the fire down, officials said.
No homes were immediately threatened, and there was no word on potential road closures.
The cause of the fire was not immediately known.