Firefighters were battling a fast-moving brush fire in Hemet Monday night before managing to put out the flames within hours, authorities said. The blaze, being called the Chambers Fire, was first ...

A brush fire that erupted Thursday in foothills on the east end of Hemet consumed nearly 15 acres before Cal Fire aircraft significantly slowed its advance, preventing it from reaching homes in the ...

“We had some strong gusts,” said Laura Axcell, a battalion chief with the Hemet Fire Department. Structures were threatened but none was damaged, Hemet Fire Chief Eddie Sell said. One ...

The blaze, being called the Chambers Fire, was first reported at around 6:10 p.m. near Chambers Street and Gilbert Street, according to the Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department.

Coverage of the Hughes, Sepulveda and Laguna fires in Southern California during a fourth consecutive day of red flag fire ...

The next morning, on Tuesday, Hemet Fire Department Captain Laura Axcell ... part of the city at around 7:30 p.m. Much of Southern California was under red flag warning due to the strong winds ...