Update, May 23, 3:20 p.m. — All lanes on Interstate 8 in El Cajon have been reopened and firefighters have finished mopping up brush fires between Second Street and Mollison Avenue, according to Heartland Fire and Rescue Department.
Update, May 23, 7:30 p.m. — The fire is now 750 acres and 30 percent contained. A strike team of engines was requested, Cal Fire reports, and five engines and a chief left Fresno for the San Felipe fire.
Update: Firefighters quickly extinguished a fire around noon Tuesday that began in an outbuilding at 2015 Montecito Road, near Hunter Street, and spread into an adjacent lot.
According to Ramona Fire Department/Cal Fire Battalion Chief Burke Kremensky, the outbuilding was damaged, a
A woman who declined to give her name or contact information called the Sentinel Wednesday morning to say horses reported as being abandoned on Monday were not abandoned and are well taken care of.
Fire Chief Jeremy Christofferson with Intermountain Fire and Rescue Department said he was heading to the fire
Two young adults who were arrested in the undercover drug bust from Ramona High School are awaiting hearings, while a third has pleaded guilty.
Skylor Rocky McGee, 20, and Maxwell Gaffney, 19, have separate preliminary hearings in June, but Christopher Forest Payne, 18, will be sentenced on June 11 in San Diego Superior Court. All are Ramona residents.
Ground and airborne crews have halted the spread of that estimated 10-acre brush fire off State Route 94, near Otay Lakes Road in the Dulzura area, according to Cal Fire.
There are no reports of structural damage or injuries.
Smoke and flames may be visible from Marine Corps Air Station Miramar today as military firefighters take part in a brush-clearing controlled burn.
The prescribed fire is scheduled to take place until 4 p.m. in the eastern reaches of the installation, south of Scripps Ranch, according to the base’s public-affairs office.
The number of goats removing vegetation that could fuel fires near San Diego Country Estates has grown from 600 to 1,400.
As of May 9, they were two-thirds of the way through their 100-acre project in the Cleveland National Forest, according to officials. They started on April 23.
Smoke may be visible in the East County today as firefighters conduct a controlled burn in Jamul, a battalion chief said.
The controlled burn is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. along Highway 94 near Rancho Jamul Drive, according to Cal Fire Battalion Chief Nick Schuler.
The cause of a 15-acre wildfire that burned on both sides of Wildcat Canyon road north of Barona Casino in Lakeside Monday afternoon was still under investigation on Tuesday, reported Cal Fire.
Nick Schuler, Cal Fire battalion chief, said a rumor was circulating that the fire started at a shooting range on the reservation. Firefighters from multiple agencies, along with a helicopter and air tanker, responded to the brush fire that was reported around 3:15 p.m. The fire was contained at 15 acres and by 4:50 p.m. some engines were released.
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