Overview
- The Shore Fire ignited Monday afternoon near Lake Shore Drive and San Timoteo Canyon Road and spread quickly northward under gusty winds, prompting evacuation orders and warnings.
- Riverside County, Cal Fire and local departments deployed engine and hand crews plus two water‑dropping helicopters and five air tankers, and a Very Large Air Tanker was requested.
- Authorities opened a human and pet evacuation center at Valley View High School in Moreno Valley and set up large‑animal intake at the San Jacinto Valley Animal Campus.
- The westbound 60 at the I‑10/60 interchange was closed for safety, and published estimates of the fire's size and containment vary widely with some reports at about 500 acres and others as high as 1,500 acres or more while containment is reported as minimal.
- The fire's rugged, sparsely populated location between Interstates 10 and 60 has forced reliance on aircraft and will make overnight calmer winds critical for crews to establish containment lines as regional fire-season demands strain resources.