Crime & Safety
Brush Fire Burns 80+ Acres At Camp Pendleton
See or smell smoke? Crews have stopped the forward progress of a brush fire that broke out overnight at Camp Pendleton. (BREAKING)
CAMP PENDLETON, CA – Crews have stopped the forward progress of a brush fire that blackened 60 acres overnight in the northwestern reaches of Camp Pendleton, base officials said early Wednesday.
The blaze broke out about 11:45 p.m. Tuesday in the San Mateo helicopter landing zone at the base, said Capt. Brian Villiard, a Camp Pendleton spokesman. Firefighters stopped forward progress of the fire around 4:15 a.m. Wednesday.
By 11:40 a.m., the fire had burned 81 acres and was 80 percent contained, according to base officials.
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There are no current reports of threatened structures or injuries, Villiard said.
Residents reported smelling and seeing smoke in Orange County. The city of Laguna Beach and Laguna Beach Police Department advised the public that the smoke residents are smelling is coming from the Camp Pendleton fire, and that there is no threat to the city. The city of Newport Beach, Huntington Beach Fire Department and Orange County Fire Authority relayed similar messages on social media.
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The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
No other information was immediately available.
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Update: 81 acres burned with 80% containment. Thanks @OCFA_PIO for the mutual aid support. https://t.co/PhVFdrYL0B
— Camp Pendleton 75 (@MCIWPendletonCA) August 16, 2017
There is a vegetation fire burning at Camp Pendleton creating a smoky smell throughout Orange County. https://t.co/2FxvvFaefW
— OCFA PIO (@OCFA_PIO) August 16, 2017
That smoky smell is coming from a vegetation fire at Camp Pendleton. https://t.co/wUureYMsVD
— CityofNewportBeach (@newportbeachgov) August 16, 2017
The smoke you are smelling is coming from a vegetation fire in Camp Pendleton. No threat to Laguna Beach.
— City of Laguna Beach (@lagunabeachgov) August 16, 2017
The smoke you are smelling is from a vegetation fire in Camp Pendleton which forward progress of the fire has been stopped. No threat to LB. https://t.co/nkSOOay0Jp
— Laguna Beach Police (@LagunaBeachPD) August 16, 2017
HB residents may notice a smell of smoke and haze this morning from a brush fire burning in South Orange County at Camp Pendleton
— Huntington Beach FD (@HBFD_PIO) August 16, 2017
Forward progress has been stopped on an overnight 60 acre vegetation fire in the 62 / NW area of CampPen. Smoke visible this morning. pic.twitter.com/hRdQnudI8l
— Camp Pendleton 75 (@MCIWPendletonCA) August 16, 2017
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