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

Evacuation orders and warnings remained in place on Tuesday for the Wolf Fire in Riverside. The 2,414-acre fire south of Banning, is now 35% contained after crews made significant improvement.

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 .