Almond Fire: Cabazon vegetation fire prompts evacuation order; view map, scary visuals in Riverside County

Evacuation maps have been shared on Watch Duty. Areas marked in yellow have Level 2 warnings or “sets” and they must prepare to evacuate. Red areas indicate level 3 or “go,” meaning people must leave immediately.

An evacuation order has been issued for area RVC-0541-B. A warning has also been issued for the MRF-0657-A area. Evacuation orders remain in effect for areas north of Bonita Avenue, west of Elm Street, east of Almond Street and south of Almond Street, according to local reports.

vegetation fire Cabazon is located in the 50900 Block of Bonita Avenue and currently occupies 10 acres. According to the Watch Duty report, the fire is “burning eastward and poses an immediate threat to structures along Olive Street. Potential acreage remains at 20-25 acres.”

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Meanwhile, Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire issued a statement, “Almond Street/Bonita Avenue, Cabazon. First arriving company officials reported an RV fire that had spread to vegetation. The fire is currently burning 2-3 acres. Additional resources are responding.”

Another shared a clip from a different angle and wrote “2 train Emergency crews were delayed for less than an hour. “

Another shared a video showing a train passing by as the fire burned.

A report added that the fire started under dry conditions. Meanwhile, more people shared videos of the fire.

“Morongo Casino is on fire,” one person commented on X.

The same person was driving down the road, saw the fire and posted about the Almond Fire.

Initially, five additional engines were required. Then a request came in for two manual workers. However, this plan was scrapped and replaced with bulldozers.