Containment of the 517-acre Record fire increased to 78% by Wednesday morning, Sept. 4, according to the Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department.
The fire originated in a transient camp, Cal Fire/Riverside said, with the agency investigating whether the blaze was started intentionally.
The fire was reported around 2:20 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 1, near Soboba and Gilman Springs roads.
An evacuation warning was issued Sunday for Poppet Flats north of Wolf Road, west of Partridge Street and Hungry Hollow Road, south of Old Idyllwild Road and east of Gubner and lifted Monday, Sept. 2.
Cal Fire Tanker 122, the department’s first fully operational C-130H, dropped at least 8,000 gallons of retardant on the blaze in its first firefighting mission, Cal Fire reported.
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Before a later mapping, the fire was measured at 650 acres.
Six firefighters have been taken to a hospital with minor medical symptoms, officials said.
