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“Cal Fire peace officers, after an origin and trigger investigation, decided the reason for the ‘Nixon fireplace’ was electrical, attributable to a privately owned electrical panel,” in line with an company assertion launched Friday.
MAP: The location of the Nixon fireplace burning close to Aguanga
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No different particulars had been obtainable.
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The fireplace was 20% contained and now not threatening any properties or different constructions, located throughout the Beauty Mountain Wilderness, maintained by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
One Cal Fire water-dropping helicopter was making focused drops across the perimeter of the brusher Friday afternoon.
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Four constructions had been destroyed by the brusher, which prompted an evacuation order for the scattered properties south of Highway 371, north of the county line, west of Terwilliger Road and east of Foolish Pleasure Road. A brief evacuation heart was established at Temecula Valley High School. A county official stated earlier this week there was no demand for area on the heart.
Evacuation warnings had been additionally in place in components of Riverside and San Diego counties.
The orders had been anticipated to be lifted anytime.
The blaze erupted about 12:30 p.m. Monday within the space of Richard Nixon Boulevard and Tule Valley Road within the Aguanga space, in line with the Riverside County Fire Department.
At its peak, greater than 1,000 personnel had been battling the blaze, together with county fireplace crews, Cal Fire-San Diego County crews and BLM firefighters.
One flank of the hearth briefly crossed into San Diego County earlier this week, blackening two open acres earlier than firefighters extinguished that part of flames.
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