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40 Incredible Images That Show The Magnitude Of The Tenaja Fire

The large blaze burning in the La Cresta area of Riverside County near Murrieta broke out Wednesday afternoon.

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The so-called Tenaja Fire broke out at 3:56 p.m. in the unincorporated area of Southwest Riverside County known as La Cresta. (Mark Alan Ritter Photography)
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The so-called Tenaja Fire broke out at 3:56 p.m. in the unincorporated area of Southwest Riverside County known as La Cresta. (Mark Alan Ritter Photography)
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The so-called Tenaja Fire broke out at 3:56 p.m. in the unincorporated area of Southwest Riverside County known as La Cresta. (Mark Alan Ritter Photography)
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The so-called Tenaja Fire broke out at 3:56 p.m. in the unincorporated area of Southwest Riverside County known as La Cresta. (Mark Alan Ritter Photography)
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The so-called Tenaja Fire broke out at 3:56 p.m. in the unincorporated area of Southwest Riverside County known as La Cresta. (Mark Alan Ritter Photography)
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The so-called Tenaja Fire broke out at 3:56 p.m. in the unincorporated area of Southwest Riverside County known as La Cresta. (Mark Alan Ritter Photography)
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The so-called Tenaja Fire broke out at 3:56 p.m. in the unincorporated area of Southwest Riverside County known as La Cresta. (Mark Alan Ritter Photography)
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The so-called Tenaja Fire broke out at 3:56 p.m. in the unincorporated area of Southwest Riverside County known as La Cresta. (Mark Alan Ritter Photography)
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The so-called Tenaja Fire broke out at 3:56 p.m. in the unincorporated area of Southwest Riverside County known as La Cresta. (Mark Alan Ritter Photography)
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The so-called Tenaja Fire broke out at 3:56 p.m. in the unincorporated area of Southwest Riverside County known as La Cresta. (Mark Alan Ritter Photography)
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The so-called Tenaja Fire broke out at 3:56 p.m. in the unincorporated area of Southwest Riverside County known as La Cresta. (Mark Alan Ritter Photography)
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The so-called Tenaja Fire broke out at 3:56 p.m. in the unincorporated area of Southwest Riverside County known as La Cresta. (Mark Alan Ritter Photography)
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The so-called Tenaja Fire broke out at 3:56 p.m. in the unincorporated area of Southwest Riverside County known as La Cresta. (Mark Alan Ritter Photography)
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The so-called Tenaja Fire broke out at 3:56 p.m. in the unincorporated area of Southwest Riverside County known as La Cresta. (Mark Alan Ritter Photography)
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The so-called Tenaja Fire broke out at 3:56 p.m. in the unincorporated area of Southwest Riverside County known as La Cresta. (Mark Alan Ritter Photography)
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The so-called Tenaja Fire broke out at 3:56 p.m. in the unincorporated area of Southwest Riverside County known as La Cresta. (Mark Alan Ritter Photography)
https://test.patch.com/img/cdn20/users/1396761/20190904/105453/styles/patch_image/public/19a-4165___04224245760.jpg
The so-called Tenaja Fire broke out at 3:56 p.m. in the unincorporated area of Southwest Riverside County known as La Cresta. (Mark Alan Ritter Photography)
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The so-called Tenaja Fire broke out at 3:56 p.m. in the unincorporated area of Southwest Riverside County known as La Cresta. (Mark Alan Ritter Photography)
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The so-called Tenaja Fire broke out at 3:56 p.m. in the unincorporated area of Southwest Riverside County known as La Cresta. (Mark Alan Ritter Photography)
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The so-called Tenaja Fire broke out at 3:56 p.m. in the unincorporated area of Southwest Riverside County known as La Cresta. (Mark Alan Ritter Photography)
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The so-called Tenaja Fire broke out at 3:56 p.m. in the unincorporated area of Southwest Riverside County known as La Cresta. (Mark Alan Ritter Photography)
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The so-called Tenaja Fire broke out at 3:56 p.m. in the unincorporated area of Southwest Riverside County known as La Cresta. (Mark Alan Ritter Photography)
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The so-called Tenaja Fire broke out at 3:56 p.m. in the unincorporated area of Southwest Riverside County known as La Cresta. (Mark Alan Ritter Photography)
https://test.patch.com/img/cdn20/users/1396761/20190904/105453/styles/patch_image/public/19a-4119___04224248893.jpg
The so-called Tenaja Fire broke out at 3:56 p.m. in the unincorporated area of Southwest Riverside County known as La Cresta. (Mark Alan Ritter Photography)
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The so-called Tenaja Fire broke out at 3:56 p.m. in the unincorporated area of Southwest Riverside County known as La Cresta. (Mark Alan Ritter Photography)
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The so-called Tenaja Fire broke out at 3:56 p.m. in the unincorporated area of Southwest Riverside County known as La Cresta. (Mark Alan Ritter Photography)
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The so-called Tenaja Fire broke out at 3:56 p.m. in the unincorporated area of Southwest Riverside County known as La Cresta. (Mark Alan Ritter Photography)
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The so-called Tenaja Fire broke out at 3:56 p.m. in the unincorporated area of Southwest Riverside County known as La Cresta. (Mark Alan Ritter Photography)
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The so-called Tenaja Fire broke out at 3:56 p.m. in the unincorporated area of Southwest Riverside County known as La Cresta. (Mark Alan Ritter Photography)
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The so-called Tenaja Fire broke out at 3:56 p.m. in the unincorporated area of Southwest Riverside County known as La Cresta. (Mark Alan Ritter Photography)
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The so-called Tenaja Fire broke out at 3:56 p.m. in the unincorporated area of Southwest Riverside County known as La Cresta. (Mark Alan Ritter Photography)
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The so-called Tenaja Fire broke out at 3:56 p.m. in the unincorporated area of Southwest Riverside County known as La Cresta. (Mark Alan Ritter Photography)
https://test.patch.com/img/cdn20/users/1396761/20190904/105453/styles/patch_image/public/19a-4187___04224252311.jpg
The so-called Tenaja Fire broke out at 3:56 p.m. in the unincorporated area of Southwest Riverside County known as La Cresta. (Mark Alan Ritter Photography)
https://test.patch.com/img/cdn20/users/1396761/20190904/105453/styles/patch_image/public/19a-4161___04224252671.jpg
The so-called Tenaja Fire broke out at 3:56 p.m. in the unincorporated area of Southwest Riverside County known as La Cresta. (Mark Alan Ritter Photography)
https://test.patch.com/img/cdn20/users/1396761/20190904/105453/styles/patch_image/public/19a-4151___04224253075.jpg
The so-called Tenaja Fire broke out at 3:56 p.m. in the unincorporated area of Southwest Riverside County known as La Cresta. (Mark Alan Ritter Photography)
https://test.patch.com/img/cdn20/users/1396761/20190904/105453/styles/patch_image/public/19a-4131___04224253474.jpg
The so-called Tenaja Fire broke out at 3:56 p.m. in the unincorporated area of Southwest Riverside County known as La Cresta. (Mark Alan Ritter Photography)
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The so-called Tenaja Fire broke out at 3:56 p.m. in the unincorporated area of Southwest Riverside County known as La Cresta. (Southern California Edison)
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The so-called Tenaja Fire broke out at 3:56 p.m. in the unincorporated area of Southwest Riverside County known as La Cresta. (Southern California Edison)
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The so-called Tenaja Fire broke out at 3:56 p.m. in the unincorporated area of Southwest Riverside County known as La Cresta. (Southern California Edison)
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The so-called Tenaja Fire broke out at 3:56 p.m. in the unincorporated area of Southwest Riverside County known as La Cresta. (Southern California Edison)
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The so-called Tenaja Fire broke out at 3:56 p.m. in the unincorporated area of Southwest Riverside County known as La Cresta. (Mark Alan Ritter Photography)

MURRIETA, CA — Just before 4 p.m. Wednesday, a smoke plume started to appear in Southwest Riverside County. By nightfall, an estimated 994 acres had burned in the community of La Cresta, near Murrieta.

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Above, take a glimpse at the blaze via dozens of photos from a Murrieta photographer, Mark Ritter. Others from the Southern California Edison cameras show the fire from afar, to give you an idea of its magnitude.

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