Firefighters continued to battle a fast-moving blaze Thursday in the La Cresta community near Murrieta where 1,974 acres were scorched and residential evacuations were ordered.

A brush fire that broke out in an unincorporated area of Murrieta in Riverside County Thursday charred 300 acres and destroyed at least one home, Cal Fire officials said.

Firefighters continued to battle a fast-moving blaze Thursday in the La Cresta community near Murrieta where 1,974 acres were scorched and residential evacuations were ordered.