Map: This is where the Tenaja Fire near Lake Elsinore is burning

A 100-acre wildfire has spread near Lake Elsinore in the area of Tenaja Truck Trail and El Cariso Village on Sunday afternoon, Aug. 25, prompting evacuations and road closures, including along Ortega Highway in Orange and Riverside counties.

Tenaja Truck Trail area is under mandatory evacuation, and El Carissa Village is under an evacuation warning. Ortega Highway is closed in both directions, Cleveland National Forest authorities announced on X at shortly before 2 p.m.

Here’s where the blaze is burning, as well as shelters that are set up for people and animals as of Sunday afternoon:

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