Bain Fire Nearing Full Containment After Burning Nearly 1,500 Acres

JURUPA VALLEY (CNS) - The roughly 1,500-acre brush fire in the Santa
Ana River bottom near Jurupa Valley and Riverside remains 95% contained with
full containment expected sometime today, Cal Fire reported.
  

With relatively little active fire remaining, authorities have also
lifted all evacuation warnings for properties in the vicinity of the fire.
  

The Bain Fire was reported at 11:22 a.m. Tuesday on the north side of
the dry channel, in the area of Bain Street and Limonite Avenue, just north of
the Hidden Valley Nature Center, according to the Riverside County Fire
Department.
  

As of Sunday morning, officials declared the brusher's updated acreage
was 1,473.
  

``Residents may continue to see or smell drift smoke in the area due
to lingering activity,'' according to a county fire statement. ``Damage
assessment and repair efforts remain ongoing as crews work to secure the
incident area and support safe rehabilitation.''
  

The heavily used Van Buren Boulevard corridor connecting Riverside and
Jurupa Valley, which was shut down at the height of the blaze, was fully
reopened Friday.
  

The Western Riverside County Animal Shelter at Clay Street and Van
Buren, which was evacuated Tuesday night, with all of the animals relocated to
the San Jacinto Valley Animal Campus, was no longer under an evacuation order.
But it was uncertain when the facility might reopen. The Department of Animal
Services requested that residents able to temporarily foster a pet to free up
space visit the San Jacinto shelter and pick one up.
  

Numerous engine and hand crews from the county, Riverside Fire
Department, Corona Fire Department, Ontario Fire Department and other agencies
were sent to the brusher when it erupted, encountering wind-driven flames
moving through thick brush.
  

The flames spread toward groups of homes in the area of Arlington and
Western avenues in Riverside, leading to the evacuation of dozens of residences
around that intersection, including adjacent ones that intersect Sunnyvale
Drive, Mountain High Drive, Western Avenue and Western Hills Drive.
  

Three residents suffered smoke inhalation injuries, while another
person suffered unspecified traumatic injuries during the height of the fire.
All of the victims were taken to Riverside Community Hospital for treatment.
  

The cause of the fire was under investigation.
  

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