A brush fire that broke out Thursday along the dry Santa Ana River bottom in Jurupa Valley charred four acres before being contained.
The non-injury blaze was reported at 2:05 p.m. Thursday in the area of Fleetwood Drive and Via Ricardo, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.
The agency said multiple engine crews were sent to the location and encountered flames moving at a slow rate through heavy brush.
No structures were threatened.
Firefighters stopped the fire’s progress shortly after 3 p.m. and had fully encircled it by 3:45 p.m., according to officials.
Crews completed mopping up shortly before 5 p.m.
The cause of the fire was under investigation. The river bottom is rife with homeless encampments, and cooking, warming and debris fires are common year-round.