HOMELAND (CNS) - A brush fire erupted today on a hillside in Homeland,
burning nearly an acre before crews began making progress toward containment.The non-injury blaze was reported at 4 p.m. between Briggs and
Sultanas roads, just north of Highway 74, according to the Riverside County
Fire Department.The agency said multiple engine crews were sent to the location and
encountered flames in medium vegetation, moving across open space, not
immediately threatening homes or other structures.A Cal Fire water-dropping helicopter was summoned from Hemet-Ryan
Airport to make runs on the brusher.As of 4:20 p.m., firefighters were working to establish tentative
containment lines, though the fire's forward rate of spread had not been
stopped, according to reports from the scen
