The Fairview Fire is rapidly spreading across several Southern California communities as 4,500 acres have burned with 5 percent contained as of the evening of Tuesday, Sept. 6.
As of 5:00 p.m., the fire was 5 percent contained. Evacuation orders remain in place and extend to communities further east, including Thomas Mountain Ridge South, Cactus Valley, Bautista Canyon, and the forest boundary.
The blazes, which began in Hemet on Monday afternoon, were moving further east—a 180-degree turn of the wind that officials could not explain.
The fast-moving Fairview Fire burns 2,000 acres and kills two people in Hemet, Calif., on Sept. 5, 2022. (Jamie Joseph/The Epoch Times)
“This fire was moving in an opposite direction that it would normally do on a typical day this time of year,” Josh Janssen, battalion chief of Riverside County Fire Department, said Tuesday morning….