Crime & Safety
Brush Fire Threatens Homes In Sabre Springs Near Poway
The blaze sparked in a canyon near Poway Road and Sabre Springs Parkway.
SAN DIEGO – A brush fire broke out Tuesday in a canyon in the Sabre Springs area of San Diego County, burning close to streets and homes but causing no structural damage.
The blaze sparked at about 12:30 p.m. near several intersecting footpaths in an open area off Poway Road and Sabre Springs Parkway, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.
It took ground crews and personnel aboard two water-dropping helicopters about 90 minutes to fully subdue the flames, which blackened "a little more than an acre," SDFRD spokesman Jose Ysea said.
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Medics took one of the firefighters to Sharp Memorial Hospital for treatment of a knee injury suffered while helping douse the blaze.
No structural damage was reported.
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The cause of the fire remained under investigation.
SDFD + other agencies working a vegetation fire @ Sabre Springs Pkwy & Poway Rd in the Sabres Springs area. Looks like they've added 2 strike teams of engines to the incident. Haven't caught a report on conditions. pic.twitter.com/nBiGmRLZ0x
— CA Fire Scanner (@CAFireScanner) July 16, 2019
Brush fire near Poway Rd east of 15. @CBS8 @10News @nbcsandiego pic.twitter.com/TayEDQxZUL
— Mike Roell (@mikey_in_sd) July 16, 2019
City News Service and Kristina Houck/Patch contributed to this report.
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