A brush fire that erupted Thursday adjacent to a homeless encampment along the Santa Ana River bottom in Jurupa Valley scorched roughly a quarter-acre before it was stopped.
The non-injury blaze was reported at 1:50 p.m. in the area of Troth Street and Limonite Avenue, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.
The agency said that multiple engine crews were sent to the location and encountered flames burning at a slow rate through medium vegetation.
No homes or other structures were threatened.
By 2:30 p.m., the fire’s forward rate of spread had been stopped, according to reports from the scene.
Full containment was expected before 4 p.m.
The cause of the fire was under investigation.
Transient encampments are spread throughout the river bottom, and cooking, warming and debris fires are common year-round.