Brush Fire Scorches 100 Acres Near Pinyon Pines as Cranston Fire Burns

*This article has been updated to reflect current conditions and evacuation orders*

UPDATE: Evacuation warnings have been issued for Alpine Village, Pinyon Crest, Pinyon Pines and the Pinyon Flatts campground. The fire, which was zero percent contained as of 5:30 p.m., is separate from the 7,500-acre Cranston Fire

PINYON PINES (CNS) - A brush fire that broke out near Pinyon Pines today as hundreds of fire personnel were busy battling a 4,700-acre blaze to the north blackened about 100 acres within several hours. The Ribbon Fire was reported at 10:12 a.m. near state Route 74 and Ribbonwood Drive, according to Tawny Cabral of the Riverside County Fire Department, who said it was burning ``at a moderate rate of spread.''

No injuries or evacuations were immediately reported, nor was there any word on what sparked the blaze. The fire, which was zero percent contained as of 1:30 p.m., is separate from the 4,700-acre Cranston Fire, which has kept local firefighters busy since it began around noon Wednesday in the forest between Hemet and Mountain Center. A Temecula man, Brandon N. McGlover, 32, was arrested shortly after it started on suspicion of five counts of arson to wildland. 

Around 3,200 residents have been evacuated from Idyllwild, Mountain Center and other surrounding communities due to the suspected arson-caused fire, which has destroyed five homes and was 5 percent contained as of early Thursday afternoon.