Firefighters are battling a nearly 40-acre brush fire that is burning close to homes in Jurupa Valley. The Clay Fire was first reported at around 5:15 p.m. near Pedley Road and Van Buren Boulevard, according to Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department crews.

Firefighters in Riverside County are responding to a fire that broke out Tuesday evening in Jurupa Valley. The Clay Fire was reported near the Santa Ana River, along Van Buren Boulevard and Pedley Road, according to Cal Fire. The fire is about 3 miles away from Riverside Municipal Airport.

A brush fire broke out in the riverbed of the Santa Ana River in Jurupa Valley on Tuesday, Jan. 21 just before 5 p.m., burning at least two acres by 5:45 p.m.

The Clay fire broke out in the riverbed of the Santa Ana River in Jurupa Valley just before 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 21.

Firefighters are battling a brush fire currently burning close to homes in Jurupa Valley near the Santa Ana Riverbed. The Clay Fire was first reported near Clay Street and Van Buren Boulevard at around 4:45 p.m. and was quickly upgraded to a Third Alarm fire by Riverside County Fire Department crews arriving on scene.

The fire was reported just before 5 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 13 and has prompted an evacuation warning in the area.

Jurupa Valley fire crews are back on scene battling a brush fire in the Santa Ana River bottom, after having extinguished a blaze in a similar location last week.

Firefighters in Riverside County are battling a wildfire that erupted in a Santa Ana river bottom Tuesday night. The Clay Fire, which was first reported at 5 p.m. near the intersection of Van Buren Boulevard and Clay Street in Jurupa Valley,