A fire that charred 30 acres in Jurupa Valley and prompted evacuations was fully contained Friday.
The non-injury blaze was reported at 2:20 p.m. Thursday along Van Buren Boulevard, north of the Santa Ana River bottom, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.
Multiple engine and hand crews from the county, Corona and Riverside fire departments, as well as Murrieta Fire & Rescue, were sent to the location and encountered flames moving at a moderate rate through heavy vegetation.
The fire jumped Van Buren from west to east, approaching transient camps and houses along Pedley Road. At the height of the blaze, sheriff’s deputies evacuated residences on Pedley, between 54th and 56th streets, as well as on Felspar Street at 56th. The homeless camps were also evacuated.
Van Buren was also partially shut down through the night.
With the help of two Cal Fire water-dropping helicopters, crews stopped the fire’s forward rate of spread about 5 p.m. All evacuation orders were lifted by 9 p.m.
By mid-morning Friday, the blaze was 100% contained, and mop-up operations were nearing completion Friday afternoon.
No homes were damaged, but there was unspecified damage along Van Buren, according to reports from the scene.
The cause of the fire was under investigation.