Residents threatened by 1,500-acre Falls fire evacuated

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The air assault continued Tuesday morning to contain the 1,500-acre Falls fire near Lake Elsinore. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

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Firefighters mop up hot spots along South Main Divide in Cleveland National Forest. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

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Lance Thibault climbs up a steep ridge to reach South Main Divide in Cleveland National Forest as firefighters continue to battle the 1,500-acre Falls fire near Lake Elsinore. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

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Firefighters drive their trucks next to a dangerous wall of flame while battling the Falls fire on Highway 74 just above Lake Elsinore on the Ortega Highway. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

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Firefighters with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection drive toward a dangerous wall of flame while battling the fire. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

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A water-dropping helicopter flies through thick smoke and active flame. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

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A freelance photographer points to active flame as a hillside burns. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

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Samantha Wethington of Lake Elsinore evacuates pets and removes belongings as the fire burns near her home. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

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The Ortega Highway was closed after the fire jumped the road. Dozens of homes were ordered evacuated. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

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Residents Katera Hutchins, left, and mother Janna Lucas watch as flames approach their Lake Elsinore-area neighborhood as the fire grew. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

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Lee Reeder of Riverside stops to photograph the fire. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

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The fire sends dramatic plumes of smoke and flame into the sky. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

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A fixed-wing aircraft drops fire retardant on the fast-moving brush fire as it crests a ridge. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

By Emily Foxhall

Aug. 6, 2013 8:21 AM PT

Evacuations remained in place Tuesday for residents threatened by the 1,500-acre Falls fire near Lake Elsinore.

Advancing flames from the fire that started Monday morning in the Cleveland National Forest prompted evacuations for Lakeland Village, Decker Canyon and Rancho Capistrano, according to the Incident Information System website.

An evacuation perimeter was set up between the intersections of Grand Avenue and Ortega Highway and Grand and Corydon, according to the website. Ortega Highway is closed to nonresidents between Grand and Antonio Parkway.

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