Wildfires

Forward thinking helped keep flames on Thursday from getting too close to the reservoir and nearby water treatment plant, reports NBC 7’s Joe Little. 

The fire, which started Thursday afternoon, rapidly burned dozens of acres, prompting evacuations and threatening homes, reports NBC 7’s Jackie Crea.

The fire, which started Thursday afternoon, rapidly burned dozens of acres, prompting evacuations and threatening homes

While investigators are looking for an exact cause, they do believe the blaze began near a homeless encampment, reports NBC 7’s Shelby Bremer.

One of the neighborhoods forced to evacuate was the Talmadge area. Residents along Lucille Drive scrambled to get out of harm’s way as the fire climbed the canyon. NBC 7’s Dave Summers has their story.

NBC 7’s Todd Strain has the latest on the fire that sparked around 1:30 p.m. in the College Area. 

NBC 7’s Dave Summers spoke with residents who were in the mandatory evacuation zone when the Fairemont Fire spread through the College Area. 

A brush fire in the College Area grew quickly Thursday afternoon and was threatening structures in the area.

The goats may be deployed for brush clearing more often in the future, according to a city spokesman. NBC 7’s Joe Little reports.

A brush fire in Poway forced people to evacuate their homes.  NBC 7’s Jeanette Quezada has more on the fight to get the flames under control and the homes threatened by the fire.

Some residents were evacuated after a brush fire ignited in the Poway neighborhood of San Diego on Saturday afternoon, according to fire officials.

The fire in Hillcrest began after 3 p.m. and is burning near where state Route 163 intersects with University Avenue.

The fire is burning in the 600 block of Otay Lakes Road, across the street from Bonita Vista Middle School and northwest of Southwestern College.

Trails, roads and recreational sites in the Angeles National Forest impacted by the Bridge Fire will be closed through the end of next year for safety reasons, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced.

Cooler weather is helping firefighters make progress against three Southern California wildfires. And officials in northern Nevada are hopeful that almost all evacuees from a blaze there will be back home Saturday. Authorities have started scaling back evacuations at the largest blaze. The Bridge Fire east of Los Angeles has torched at least 33 homes and six cabins and forced...

Cal Fire says they have made progress but there is more work to be done. Here’s where the Bridge, Line and Aiport wildfires stand as of Sunday morning. 

Firefighters on Saturday continued to battle the Bridge Fire that spread from San Gabriel Canyon above Glendora into San Bernardino County.

Smoke is visible across North County, but according to Camp Pendleton, there is no current threat to personnel or structures.

An evacuation order for the area was issued but lifted a short time later, although Church Road will remain closed most of Saturday night, officials said.

Firefighters were battling a 45-acre wildfire that broke out in a rural part of San Diego County Saturday, which prompted a brief evacuation order.