Controlled Burns Planned Sunday At Miramar Air Station

MIRAMAR, CA – The Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Fire Department will conduct prescribed burns at East Miramar Sunday, June 3 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Prescribed burns are conducted to remove hazardous fuel growth and are part of the air station's annual vegetation-management program to reduce the risk of wildfires, officials said. They involve the by-hand application of fire to predetermined stands of vegetation.

The burns are conducted only under specific conditions where such factors as temperature, humidity, winds and the vegetation's moisture are favorable.

While some flames and smoke may be visible in East Miramar, in West Sycamore Canyon, to the Scripps Ranch community and along the freeway corridors, no visibility restrictions are expected, MCAS Miramar officials said.

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