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San Diego County battles brush fires as heat wave continues

Four small brush fires were contained in San Diego County on Friday. The heat and elevated fire risk has not stopped crowds ...

Crews quickly extinguish brush fire in northern San Diego's Torrey Highlands neighborhood

The blaze broke out at the intersection of Carmel Valley Road and Caminito Vistana shortly before 11 a.m. Friday, according ...

Breaking: Sweet Fire reported in San Diego County on Aug. 22

First discovered: 1:07 p.m. Aug. 22 A new wildfire was reported today at 1:07 p.m. in San Diego County, California. Sweet Fire has burned three acres of private land. At this time, there is no data on ...

Ramona Fire: Vegetation Blaze Burns 3 Acres Near SR-78

A vegetation fire burned about three acres near State Route 78 and Horizon View Drive in Ramona Friday afternoon, Cal Fire ...

‘Stop hiking in the heat’: Cal Fire advises against hiking in extreme temperatures

Cal Fire is issuing a summer heat warning and advising people to avoid hiking in the heat, as they have already helped in ...

Cal Fire can use Ramona Community Park as emergency base camp

An agreement with Ramona Municipal Water District was approved Aug. 12. Cal Fire will pay $25,000 rental fee per day.

CAL FIRE invests $5M to expand biomass use and train forestry workers

California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection has awarded $5 million in grant funding to eight projects aimed at ...

In high-tech race to detect fires early, California’s Orange County bets on volunteers with binoculars

LOS ANGELES – As California turns to satellite imagery, remote cameras watched by AI and heat detection sensors placed ...

Breaking: Sweetwater Fire reported in San Diego County on Aug. 22

First discovered: 6:30 p.m. Aug. 22 Initial location: San Diego County, Calif. A new wildfire was reported today at 6:30 p.m. in San Diego County, California. Sweetwater Fire has been burning on ...