HEMET UPDATE: New evacuation orders issued for Fairview Fire as blaze grows to nearly 24,000 acres
More residents near the deadly Fairview Fire near Hemet were under evacuation orders Thursday as the deadly wildfire's size was listed at 23,919 acres, with an "expected full containment" date listed by authorities as Monday.
"That area is a one way in, one way out. So if you don't leave in time, or if you get trapped by fire, there's no other way to go," said Cal Fire's Richard Cordova. At 1 p.m. Thursday, Cal Fire announced that the area east of De Portola Road, west of Sage Road, north of East Benton Road and south of Diamond Valley Road was under a mandatory evacuation.
Evacuation warnings were posted Wednesday afternoon for the area beginning east of Red Mountain Road and the forest service boundary, south to Minto, south to Red Mountain, west of Stanley Road and east of Sage Road.
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