CA FFs Gain Ground on Union Fire

June 27, 2022
As of Sunday evening, the fire is still at 110 acres but is at 65-percent containment, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.

Crews in Riverside have managed to get a stranglehold on the Union Fire, preventing it from spreading further. 

As of Sunday evening, the fire is still at 110 acres but is at 65-percent containment, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. 

According to CBS Los Angeles, as of Saturday night, there were 200 firefighters and 20 engines on the scene, as well as both water-dropping helicopters and planes. 

Evacuation orders were issued as the wildfire was threatening dozens of homes, though a little after 10 p.m., those orders were upgraded to an evacuation warning. 

"We did have an evacuation order in place for the homes that were adjacent to the river bottom that was burning," Riverside County Fire Department Public Information Officer Tawny Castro told CBSLA. "That has been downgraded to a warning." 

No homes burned and there are no longer any structures threatened by fire. 

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