A 10-acre vegetation fire burned in Thermal Saturday.

It was reported at 3:28 p.m. at Harrison Street and Avenue 76, according to April Newman of the Riverside County Fire Department.

Sixty firefighters were assigned to the blaze, Newman said.

The fire is in “heavy fuels with a moderate rate of spread,” she said.

By 7:15 p.m., Newman reported that the forward rate of spread had been stopped and the fire was 50% contained.

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