Tenaja Fire Prompts Evacuations and Road Closures in Riverside County
The wildfire near Lake Elsinore has burned 100 acres, leading to mandatory evacuations and the closure of Ortega Highway.
- Tenaja Fire started near Tenaja Truck Trail in Cleveland National Forest at 11:48 a.m.
- Mandatory evacuations issued for Tenaja Truck Trail area; El Cariso Village under evacuation warning.
- Ortega Highway closed in both directions due to the fire.
- Evacuation center established at Lakeside High School in Lake Elsinore.
- Fire remains 0% contained with the cause still under investigation.