PINE COVE (CNS) - Riverside County Fire Department crews will conduct
a third day of controlled burns today near the unincorporated community of Pine
Cove to reduce excess vegetation that might otherwise fuel wildfires, and
residents and motorists were advised not to be alarmed by the smoke.The operation got underway Wednesday and continued Thursday adjacent
to the Stone Creek Campground, along Saw Mills Flats Road, just off of Highway
243, and is slated to resume about 6 a.m. Friday, wrapping up around 1 p.m.,
according to the fire department.In addition to county fire crews, firefighters from the Idyllwild Fire
Protection District and the Cahuilla Tribal Fire Department will be involved."Pile burning will occur on a plot that spans approximately 30
acres," according t