Shady Fire in Thermal 60 percent contained. Jacqueline Cochran airport closes

A vegetation fire in Thermal broke out just before 11 p.m. Saturday night, and within a few hours quickly spread from 10 acres to more than 130 acres near Airport Boulevard and Shady Lane.

At 6:30 a.m. Monday, the fire had burned 130 acres and was 60% contained, according to an update tweeted from Cal Fire. The fire's progress had been stopped, according to the Monday morning update. On Sunday, firefighters' work had been hampered by high winds and blowing dust and sand. One firefighter sustained non-life threatening injuries.

Andrew Bennett, the Riverside County Fire Department's incident commander, said Sunday morning that firefighters were concerned about winds forecast to reach 40 mph to 50 mph Sunday afternoon. They were focused on mopping up the perimeter to prevent spot fires and flare ups because of the coming wind.

Portions of the fire were burning on the Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport property, which remains closed and air operations have been temporarily halted. The airport mostly services small private jets and charter flights.

As of about 11 a.m. Sunday, 20 fire engines, four water tankers, one bulldozer and 60 firefighters were on the scene. One building and one piece of agricultural equipment on the site of a livestock feed business, Palm Silage Inc., were damaged.

Eighty customers were without electrical power, including the airport, but authorities expected service to be restored by early afternoon.  The airport could reopen by 3 p.m., officials said.

Palm trees around the airport were burned, but the airport itself was not touched by flames.

On Tyler Road, the sweet smell of dates mixed with smoke at Palm Silage Inc. 

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