Crime & Safety
Crews Stop Forward Progress Of 220-Acre Camp Pendleton Blaze
A brush fire broke out at Camp Pendleton Saturday. While it's not threatening structures, it is sending plumes of smoke across the region.
SAN DIEGO, CA — Firefighters managed to stop the forward progress of a 220-acre vegetation fire that broke out Saturday at the Camp Pendleton Marine Base.
The blaze is not threatening any structures, but it will add to the smoke haze affecting air quality in the region. Camp Pendleton Fire Department crews were working on containment at 5:08 p.m. but the forward rate of spread has been stopped, according to a tweet from Camp Pendleton.
"It poses no threat to anything but smoke will be seen for the remainder of the day," the tweet from the base said.
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The fire is in the X-Ray impact area of the base.
Smoke from the blaze could be seen for miles in Orange and San Diego counties.
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City News Service and Patch Staffer Paige Austin contributed to this report.
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