Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
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CAMP PENDLETON (CNS) - Firefighters will conduct a prescribed burn today near the border of Naval Weapons Station Fallbrook on Camp Pendleton, the base announced today. Starting at 9 a.m., Camp Pendleton Fire Department crews will monitor the burn along with crews from the Oceanside Fire Department and the North County Fire Protection District. Base officials warned that smoke will be visible from Oceanside, Fallbrook, Bonsall, Vista and Interstate 15 for up to six hours....
FALLBROOK (CNS) - Four residents were displaced Tuesday when a fire broke out in the garage and damaged part of their Fallbrook home, authorities said. The blaze was reported shortly before 6:30 a.m. at a home in the 2000 block of Pomegranate Lane, off South Stage Coach Lane north of Fallbrook Union High School, according to North County Fire Protection District spokesman John Choi. Firefighters from the Oceanside and Camp Pendleton fire departments responded to the scene along with Cal Fire San Diego personnel to help douse...
The North County Fire Protection District's Proposition A failed to gain the approval of two-thirds of Fallbrook-area voters, according to unofficial results released Wednesday, leaving the future of the 92-year-old district's aging facilities in question. Proposition A would have authorized a new tax of $5 per month, per parcel of owned property for a 20-year period to pay for construction, maintenance and improvements of fire stations in the North County Fire Protection...
North County Fire Protection District officials this week again pushed back the timeline for when results may be available for the district’s Proposition A special election. The fire district initially said the outcome of the election – a referendum on a new tax of $5 per month, per parcel of owned property, to pay for construction, maintenance and improvements to fire stations – would be known by the beginning of November. Fire officials announced on Nov. 1 that it was taking longer to tally up all the votes than they had a...
A fire scorched an open field and damaged a business Saturday afternoon near Ammunition Road in Fallbrook before firefighters were able to get it under control. The fire was first reported at 4:33 p.m. in a field behind the Albertsons on Ammunition just west of Mission Road, according to North County Fire Protection District spokesman John Choi. Fire crews were on scene quickly. Choi initially said the blaze had a slow rate of spread but had started to burn a nearby building....
BONSALL — North County Fire was fighting a structure fire in the 31000 block fo Lake Vista Circle in Bonsall as of 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30. According to the agency, no vegetation was involved in the fire. As of 9:30 a.m., North County Fire Protection District spokesman John Choi said the fire was fully contained and started in a trash can within a home's bathroom. The fire spread slightly beyond the bathroom area, but firefighters were able to knock it down quickly. Choi said it didn't appear as though the family w...
BALLENA (CNS) - A wildfire that blackened nearly 100 open acres between Ramona and Santa Ysabel, prompting evacuations as firefighters worked to subdue the wind-whipped flames, is 100% contained, Cal Fire announced today. The blaze, dubbed the "Sawday Fire" erupted shortly before 9:30 a.m. Friday amid unseasonable heat and gusty Santa Ana conditions near Sawday Truck Trail and Littlepage Road, south of state Route 78 in the unincorporated Ballena community, according to Cal Fire. Within 90 minutes, the fire had burned about...
NORTH COUNTY (CNS) - Two wildfires, one in Valley Center and the other east of Ramona, were 90% contained Sunday, according to Cal Fire San Diego. The "Miller Fire" in Valley Center was a wind-driven wildfire that blackened 37 acres, destroyed a home and forced evacuations. The blaze broke out at 1 p.m. Friday amid hot, arid and gusty Santa Ana conditions in the area of Cole Grade Road and Miller Lane, about three miles west of Harrah's Resort Southern California, Cal Fire said. Deputies cleared residents out of homes on...
VALLEY CENTER (CNS) - Evacuation orders issued because of a wildfire that swept through a neighborhood in Valley Center were lifted today, Cal Fire San Diego said. “Access to Coyote Run and Rabbit Run will be limited to residents only and fire crews will remain at scene throughout the day,” the California Public Information Office posted on Twitter a little after 10 a.m. Containment of a wind-driven wildfire that blackened 37 acres, destroyed a home and forced evacuations increased to 70% this morning. “Crews will remai...
A small brush fire was burned through an area near Valley Center Friday afternoon, destroying buildings and triggering evacuations before firefighters were able to get it under control. Cal Fire San Diego tweeted just after 1:30 p.m. that crews were battling a six-acre brush fire near Miller and Cole Grade lanes in Valley Center, south of state Route 76. The fire was burning in heavy fuels with a moderate rate of spread soon after it was reported, Cal Fire spokesman Thomas...
Firefighters were gaining containment Wednesday afternoon on a vegetation fire burning on Camp Pendleton that was causing smoke to be visible from the Fallbrook area Monday and Tuesday. The North County Fire Protection District in San Diego County first tweeted about 1:20 p.m. Monday that the fire was burning in an impact area on the Marine Corps base. “Currently the smoke is heading in our direction (toward Fallbrook),” North County Fire spokesman John Choi told Village New...
OCEANSIDE — Oceanside firefighters are conducting a brush-clearing controlled burn in the 3900 block of North River Road in northern Oceanside, according to the city's fire department. The operation will continue until 5 p.m....
CAMP PENDLETON — A brush fire broke out Tuesday, Oct. 1 in the impact area of Camp Pendleton and while smoke may be visible to residents in Bonsall and Fallbrook, the fire poses no threat to nearby communities, according to the North County Fire Protection District. There was no information about how the fire started....
FALLBROOK - A spot fire in Fallbrook reported at approximately 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 21 was quickly dealt with by firefighters before the fire could damage nearby buildings. The fire appeared to have been located near a vacant storefront next to the old McDonald's location on the 1000 block of South Main Avenue. Firefighters appeared to get the blaze under control within 20 minutes. No information about what started the blaze was available. No injuries were reported....
RAINBOW - A brush fire off Interstate 15 on Sunday, Sept. 15 has been contained at 5 acres, Cal Fire San Diego reported. The fire burned three acres in the 2000 block of Rainbow Glen Road. Cal Fire reported at 3:30 p.m. that the forward rate of spread has been stopped. "Ground crews will now transition to mop-up and containment operations,'' Cal Fire said. At 4:46 p.m. Cal Fire announced that any residents displaced by the fire could return to their homes and that no road...
FALLBROOK - North County Fire and Cal Fire San Diego worked together to halt the spread of a fire that broke out around 2:30 p.m Monday, Sept. 9 along the northbound side of Interstate 15 near Mission Road. The blaze was initially reported at several small fires was ultimately deemed to be one fire. Firefighters reported that the forward rate of spread on the fire had been halted by 3:30 p.m. and those firefighters would remain on the scene to mop up for several hours. There was no report of a cause for the...
UPDATE: Sept. 5, 6:45 a.m. The Tenaja Fire has charred 1,400 acres and a of the 6:20 a.m. update is 7% contained, Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department officals said. All mandatory evacuation orders remain in place and firefighters remain on scene in strength as they work to fully contain and control the fire. According to Ginger Graeves, executive director of the Santa Rosa Plateau Nature Education Foundation, though the fire came close, the Santa Rosa Plateau's...
CAMP PENDLETON - According to the North County Fire Protection District, smoke that is visible in the Fallbrook and De Luz areas is coming from a vegetation fire on Camp Pendleton and poses no threat to the surrounding communities. North County Fire's reported the information around 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29. No further information was available....
DE LUZ - A brush fire reported in the area of De Luz Road and Santa Margarita Trail on Saturday, Aug. 10 was quickly knocked down and contained by firefighters. Initially, the fire was reported by Cal Fire San Diego to have a moderate rate of spread and that no structures were in immediate danger. By 1:50 p.m., Cal Fire reported the fire had spread to 6 acres with 0% containment by firefighters, but at 2:15 p.m., firefighters reported that the forward rate of spread of the...
VISTA - Friends, family and colleagues gathered on Tuesday, Aug. 6 to remember a 29-year-old Cal Fire firefighter from Escondido who suffered a medical emergency during a training hike in De Luz with his engine crew. Yaroslav Katkov was airlifted to Temecula Valley Hospital on July 28 in critical condition and pronounced dead at 3:07 a.m. July 29, according to Cal Fire Chief Tony Mecham. The cause of death is still under investigation. Katkov, who immigrated from Ukraine as a child, joined Cal Fire last August as a seasonal...
DE LUZ - Cal Fire San Diego reported at 11:24 a.m. Tuesday, July 16 that they were at the scene of a half acre vegetation fire in De Luz. The agency reported that one structure was threatened by the fire moving at a moderate rate of spread at the 41100 block of De Luz Murrieta Road in De Luz. By 12:45 p.m., firefighters reported that the forward rate of spread on the fire had been stopped and crews would remain on the scene to mop up and create containment...
FALLBROOK - North County Fire Protection District reported at 4:15 p.m. Friday, July 12 that crews were on the scene of a vegetation fire that was extinguished on the righthand shoulder of westbound Highway 76 near Via Monserate. The agency said traffic will be impacted on the highway for the next hour or so. No further information was available....
FALLBROOK - A slow-moving brush fire broke out on Saturday, July 6 in the 2400 block of Heynman Hollow in Fallbrook around noon and it only took firefighters about a half hour to get a handle on it. When first reported by North County Fire, the fire was a quarter of an acre and crews from Pala and San Marcos fire were on the scene. Around 12:30 p.m., North County Fire reported the forward rate of spread of the fire had been halted and the fire was limited to one acre. No...
FALLBROOK - North County Fire reported that fire crews were on the scene of a small vegetation fire near Aviation and Alturas roads at 7:04 a.m. on Tuesday, July 2. With the help of U.S. Marine Corps fire units, they were able to stop the rate of spread of the fire about 15 minutes later. The cause of fire is under investigation....
FALLBROOK - A fire broke out in the morning of Wednesday, June 19 in the garage of a Fallbrook home, authorities said. The non-injury blaze was reported around 5:45 a.m. at a single-story home on Wintergreen Lane off Via Del Robles, North County Fire Protection District Capt. John Choi said. It took crews roughly an hour and 15 minutes to fully extinguish the fire, which started in the garage and eventually spread to the attic, Choi said. A damage estimate was not immediately available. Investigators from the sheriff's...
