Firefighters from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and Riverside County Fire Department were battling a brush fire Friday afternoon in Jurupa Valley.
Fire officials said the vegetation fire started in the river bottom on Limonite Avenue near Bain Street at around 1:38 p.m.
The fire burned at least 15 acres with a slow to moderate rate of speed.
Fire officials urged people avoid the area as firefighters work to contain the fire.
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