SAN DIEGO, CA — A wind-driven wildfire sparked Thursday afternoon north of the U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego County, triggering evacuation orders and warnings Friday morning. The blaze, called ...

UPDATE Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025, 6 p.m.: Firefighters continued working overnight to corral a wildfire that had spread over some 10 square miles of remote terrain a few miles north of the U.S ...

Gusty winds and then much-needed rain played a big role in the week firefighters worked to get 100% containment ...

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - An evacuation order remains in effect Wednesday for Otay Mountain-area neighborhoods ... of the 6,625-acre blaze, dubbed the Border 2 Fire, nearly 90% surrounded, according ...

The Border 2 Fire was discovered around 2:30 p.m. PT in the Otay Mountain Wilderness Area about 30 miles southeast of the city and just north of the U.S.-Mexico border. As of 7:15 p.m. PT, the fire ...

The Border 2 fire on Otay Mountain had scorched hundreds of acres by Thursday night, hours after the far smaller Gilman fire in La Jolla near UC San Diego briefly forced evacuations.

"Minimal smoldering and fire ... Otay Lakes Road; south and west of Campo Road; along Otay Mountain Truck Trail; and north of the southern edges of the burn zone a few miles from the U.S.-Mexico ...

officials with Cal Fire San Diego announced Thursday that the Border 2 Fire, located in the Otay Mountain Wilderness area, is now 100% contained. Crews have been battling the blaze since around 2: ...

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