A wildfire sparked near Canyon Crest Drive in Riverside County on Thanksgiving Day prompted evacuations on Nov. 29, when it grew to nearly half a square mile area.
According to fire officials, the Canyon Crest fire is at zero containment Friday morning after firefighters worked throughout the night in challenging terrain and windy conditions.
“A large augmentation of fire engines, crews, bulldozers, and night-flying water-dropping helicopters assisted in the suppression of the fire yesterday,” the California Department of Forestry and Fire Management (Cal Fire) reported Friday in an update on social media.
Nearly 215 firefighters from San Bernardino County, Cal Fire, Riverside County, and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) were working to contain the blaze, which has also crossed over into San Bernardino County….