Dan Wyman shares a photo of smoke visible on Camp Pendleton military base on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024.
A fire that started at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton on Wednesday afternoon was still burning on Thursday.
A photo sent by NBC 7 viewer Dan Wyman shows some light smoke still rising above buildings on Camp Pendleton Thursday afternoon.
Base officials have not released a new update Thursday about the fire but on Wednesday evening, Capt. James Sartain, a spokesman for the base, described the brusher as "a small vegetation fire deep in our impact area, a common occurrence with training activities."
The flames and smoldering brush Wednesday were visible from one of ALERTCalifornia | UC San Diego cameras, as pictured below.
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Fires at Pendleton are frequently caused by live-fire training exercises, though it's not clear that is the case with this fire.
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San Diego County and Southern California are currently under a Red Flag Warning, with a round of Santa Ana winds prompting power shutoffs in the far East County and some school closures on Wednesday.
The situation is being monitored by Camp Pendleton Fire, Sartain said, adding that there was currently no threat to any instructions on the military installation.
Multiple fires are burning up north, including one in Ventura County that has burned 10,000 acres, and another in Malibu, which has charred more than 50 acres near the coast.
