Firefighters increased containment Monday morning of a brush fire deep in Cleveland National Forest southwest of Lake Elsinore.
The Tenaja Fire started Sunday just before noon and quickly grew to 100 acres along the Tenaja Truck Trail. By Monday morning, the fire was at 130 acres with containment at 25 percent.
The fire's forward rate of spread was under control by late Sunday.
El Carissa Village was under an evacuation warning. Ortega Highway was temporarily closed in both directions, but later reopened.
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Lakeside High School at 32593 Riverside Drive in Lake Elsinore was opened to evacuees. The San Jacinto Animal Shelter at 581 S. Grand Ave. was taking in larger animals.
Details about how the fire started were not immediately available.
