A quickly growing fire in Riverside County torched more than 500 acres of land and prompted evacuation orders on Monday, according to authorities. Dubbed the Juniper Fire, it was initially reported at 11:28 a.m. in unincorporated parts of Perris, near the area of Idaleona and Juniper roads, Cal Fire said .

Wildfires in California continued to rage on Wednesday, with the Juniper and Wolf fires affecting Riverside County. The Wolf fire has been burning since Sunday afternoon, and the Juniper fire started roughly a day later on Monday morning,

Fire season has begun with a bang in California, where more than a dozen wildfires have ignited since Saturday — the largest of which are located in Riverside and San Bernardino and counties. Here is the latest on the blazes.