MOUNTAIN CENTER: Brush, timber blaze blackens 1,000 acres (update)

http://www.pe.com/local-news/local-news-headlines/20130715-mountain-center-evacuations-under-way-as-fire-grows.ece

A brush and timber blaze has blackened at least 1,000 acres in the San Jacinto Mountains overlooking Hemet where two mountain highways are closed, small-scale evacuations have been ordered and officials say the flames may burn for days.
“I’d say the potential is for several thousand acres,” said U.S. Forest Service spokesman John Miller.
There’s no likelihood that Highways 243 or 74 will reopen before Tuesday, July 16, he said.