Wildfires

San Diego County firefighters are responding to a brush fire near Julian Tuesday afternoon.

San Diego weather today: Brooke Martell’s forecast for Jan. 7, 2025

Firefighters were responding Monday afternoon to a small brush fire in an industrial area of Otay Mesa.

Amid an already dry winter season, the first Santa Ana wind event of 2025 is elevating fire danger this week and threatening power shut-offs for thousands of San Diego Gas & Electric customers.

San Diego weather today: Brooke Martell’s forecast for Jan. 6, 2025

The use of fireworks around New Year’s Eve, coupled with dry brush covering San Diego County, can spark a wildfire. NBC 7’s Audra Stafford talks with fire officials about that fire danger. 

San Diego is expecting a warm-up and some Santa Ana winds to close out the year, creating fire-danger concerns among firefighters.

Cal Fire said Wednesday crews will soon be conducting prescribed burns in San Diego and Imperial counties.

Legendary entertainer Dick Van Dyke marked his 99th birthday Friday, just days after a harrowing escape from a wildfire near his Malibu home.

Firefighters continue making progress on the Franklin Fire in Malibu, which is now 30% contained after burning more than 4,000 acres.

Neighbors helped 98-year-old Dick Van Dyke to safety as a swift-moving wildfire fanned by strong wind gusts closed in on his Malibu home, the legendary entertainer told NBC News.

Mass emergency power shutoffs stretched into another day following the strong Santa Ana winds that swept through Southern California. In one East County town, the entire community was in the dark for days. NBC 7’s Shelby Bremer reports on Dec. 11, 2024.

A Red Flag Warning expired at 4 a.m. Wednesday but low humidity levels in some parts of San Diego County were still elevating fire concern.

Power remains out in many areas of the county after SDG&E shut it off due to the high winds and some customers have been told they may not get it restored until Friday. NBC 7’s Audra Stafford has more. 

Pepperdine University students who’ve hunkered down with their peers on campus amid the shelter-in-place order that was issued due to the Franklin Fire say although harrowing, they understand they’re in the safest place they could be.

The Franklin Fire grew slightly Tuesday evening to rip through more than 2,800 acres of land in Malibu while destroying at least seven structures along the way.

Horse owners in the Malibu equestrian community breathed a sigh of relief Tuesday after they managed to get their horses out from the Franklin Fire area overnight.

Thousands of Southern California residents were under evacuation orders and warnings Tuesday as firefighters battled a wind-driven wildfire in Malibu that burned near celebrities’ seaside mansions, horse farms and Pepperdine University, where students watched as flames raced down hillsides and the sky turned deep red.

Some residents soaked their lawns with sprinklers just in case a fire broke out amid a red flag warning across San Diego County Tuesday. NBC 7’s Shandel Menezes spoke to one neighbor who wanted to take precaution so that history would not repeat itself.