A brush fire ignited in the foothills of the Palomar Mountains in Riverside County on Wednesday afternoon, quickly growing to 331 acres and prompting evacuation orders in nearby rural communities, authorities said.

Potato Fire initially started today at 2:42 p.m. in San Bernardino County, California. Since its discovery less than an hour ago, it has burned one acre of private land. Currently, there is no information on the containment of the fire and the cause of it is still undetermined.

AGUANGA — Two brush fires that erupted Wednesday less than a mile apart in Aguanga scorched some 700 acres, destroying structures, prompting evacuations and forcing the closure of a highway in the Southern Riverside County community.