Banning fire downgraded to 46.3 acres according to Cal Fire
Update: 7:47 pm. According to Cal Fire, the Banning fire that is being called the Coyote fire has burned 46.3 acres and is 0% contained. The forward rates of spread have been stopped. One fire-firefighter has sustained a non-life-threatening injury and was transported by ground to a local hospital.
Original reports by Cal Fire estimated that the fire was a 75-acre brush fire, but that number was recently decreased according to Cal Fire.
The fire broke out in an unincorporated area south of Banning today at 2:40 p.m. near Old Idyllwild Road, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.
Fire officials said the well-established fire was burning at a moderate rate of spread in light to medium fuels.
Firefighters were attacking the blaze from the ground and the air, according to fire officials.
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