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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SAN MARCOS (CNS) - A brush fire swept over brushy hillsides in the area of Palomar College Thursday, Jan. 14, threatening structures and prompting evacuations in nearby residential neighborhoods. The blaze dubbed the Comet Fire erupted for unknown reasons shortly before 12:30 p.m. off West Mission Avenue, near Comet Circle in San Marcos, according to the city's fire department. The flames soon were burning within about 50 yards from residences along Helmsdale and Kirkwall drives, prompting evacuations along those streets just...
JAPATUL VALLEY (CNS) - Firefighters battling the Valley Fire in rural eastern San Diego County worked to take advantage of lighter winds and higher humidity Saturday, Sept. 12 in an attempt to increase containment of the blaze. The fire, southeast of Alpine, has burned 17,665 acres, destroyed 30 residences and 31 outbuildings, damaged 11 other structures, injured three firefighters and was 69% contained Saturday. At noon Friday, Cal Fire announced that all evacuations and...
JAPATUL VALLEY (CNS) - Fire crews will spend a sixth day Thursday, Sept. 10 trying to quell a wildfire that has blackened thousands of acres in rural eastern San Diego County, leveling dozens of homes and outbuildings and forcing widespread evacuations. The blaze, dubbed the Valley Fire, erupted for unknown reasons early Saturday afternoon off Spirit Trail and Carveacre Road in Japatul Valley, southeast of Alpine, according to Cal Fire. As of about 7:45 a.m. today, the...
EAST COUNTY (CNS) - The Valley Fire in the Japatul Valley near Alpine ``exploded'' overnight, burning an additional 408 acres, as firefighters worked to protect structures, authorities said Monday, Sept. 7. The fire was largely burning out of control last night, bolstered by wind gusts of up to 25 mph. The blaze grew in the Lawson Valley and Carveacres areas, and posed an immediate threat to Loveland Reservoir and the surrounding areas, Cal Fire reported Monday morning....
OCEANSIDE (CNS) - An unconscious woman was rescued from a blaze inside her Oceanside studio apartment and airlifted to a San Diego hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation, authorities said Tuesday. The fire, which investigators determined was caused by cigarettes, was reported around 8:50 p.m. Monday inside a studio apartment behind a house on Loretta Street just south of state Route 76, Oceanside Fire Battalion Chief Jessamyn Specht said. Firefighters arrived and made entry into the fire and smoke-filled unit, then found...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Lifeguards and firefighters rescued a person who became stuck on a cliff and suffered serious injuries Tuesday in Torrey Pines. Dispatchers received a call shortly after 4 a.m. from a person who reported that three people were stuck on the beachfront bluffs near the Torrey Pines Gliderport in the 2800 block of Torrey Pines Scenic Drive, San Diego Fire-Rescue Department spokeswoman Monica Munoz said. Personnel responded to the area and found only one person on the cliffs, Munoz said. A fire department...
ENCINITAS (CNS) - A two-alarm fire tore through Mozy Cafe in Encinitas on Monday, Sept. 30, destroying the cafe along with two other businesses inside the building and causing residents of three nearby apartment units to flee, authorities said. The non-injury blaze was reported around 12:15 a.m. at the business on North Coast Highway 101 near Daphne Street, Encinitas Fire Chief Mike Stein said. Firefighters responded and found that flames had already torn through the roof by the time they arrived, Stein said. Crews from Del...
SAN DIEGO - Lifeguards rescued 52 people from the water this weekend at beaches from Ocean Beach to Black's Beach, officials said. There were an estimated 120,952 beachgoers along the coast on Saturday, according to San Diego Lifeguard Services Sgt. Charles Knight. Lifeguards provided medical aid to 30 people, Knight said, and performed 1,798 preventive acts, which includes separating swimmers from surfers, citing beachgoers for alcohol violations, and steering swimmers away from rip currents....
OCEANSIDE - A possible arson fire scorched about an acre on Wednesday, June 19 on the outskirts of Mission San Luis Rey, spreading onto the grounds of a cemetery at the landmark 19th century church complex but causing no reported structural damage or injuries. The blaze erupted near the intersection of state Route 76 and Rancho del Oro Drive shortly before noon, according to the Oceanside Fire Department. It took firefighters about 15 minutes to fully extinguish the flames, OFD Battalion Chief Scott Stein said. A man found...
