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.

Firefighters continued to battle a fast-moving blaze Thursday in the La Cresta community near Murrieta where 1,400 acres were scorched and residential evacuations were ordered.

Keith Fire burns dangerously close to homes in French Valley Riverside County firefighters made quick work of a brush fire burning in the French Valley area north of Temecula on Tuesday.

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.