UPDATED AT 9AM WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 2018
The Holy Fire burning in the mountains west of the I-15 corridor between Corona and Lake Elsinore is – as of Wednesday morning (8/15) is 72 percent contained , and for the past couple of days has been held to just under 23,000 acres burned. Yesterday (Tuesday), authorities lifted more evacuation orders for communities near Lake Elsinore that were evacuated after the fire started Monday, august 6. A voluntary evacuation order for the Trilogy area in Temescal Valley remains in effect. A long stretch of the
Ortega Highway 74 that was closed between Riverside and Orange counties due to the
fire was reopened to traffic yesterday.
If weather condtions remain stabel, authorities are hoping to have the Holy Fire completely contained within a week.
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