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Evacuation orders and warnings lifted after brush fire sparks in La Jolla

About 3 acres were burned before crews stopped the fire's forward progress, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.

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The fire burned dangerously close to homes, but firefighters got a pretty quick hold on the situation. NBC 7’s Dana Williams reports.

A brush fire was burning close to homes and quickly prompted evacuations in La Jolla on Thursday afternoon.

The so-called Gilman Fire sparked around 2:30 p.m. near Gilman Drive and Via Alicante, not far from Interstate 5 and UC San Diego.

About 3 acres were burned before crews stopped the fire's forward progress around 4 p.m., according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.

Before the more than 175 responding firefighters got a hold on the situation, officials issued evacuation orders and warnings for the areas near the Gilman Fire shortly before 3 p.m. A temporary evacuation point was located at 9420 Athena Circle. Nearly an hour later, authorities said those orders and warnings had been lifted.

Roads stayed closed for a few hours as crews cleared brush and made sure there were no hotspots or embers that could carry flames further down the canyon, SDFD Assistant Chief Dan Eddy told NBC 7.

The Gilman Fire is just one in a series of blazes that have erupted in San Diego County this week, including the Border 2 Fire near the U.S.-Mexico border, the Lilac Fire in Bonsall, the Friars Fire in Mission Valley and the Center Fire in Rancho Bernardo.

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