Cooler temperatures and humidity are helping firefighters fight the fire, which nearly doubled in size since Monday afternoon.

A heavy aerial attack on the Wolf fire burning in the San Jacinto Mountains south of Banning had largely slowed the flames on Monday, June 30, even as the winds increased in speed at midday.

Riverside County firefighters continue to battle a quickly growing brush fire burning in the hills near Banning. It was first reported at around 3 p.m. on Sunday in the area of the Wolfskill Truck Trail,