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Smoke In Poway Likely 'Residual Smoke,' Fire Officials Say
Smoke is visible in Poway but there are currently no fires in the area, according to officials from the Poway Fire Department.
POWAY, CA – Smoke is visible in Poway but there are currently no fires in the area, according to officials from the Poway Fire Department.
"We've been getting a lot of calls about smoke," said Jillian Wright, the department's administrative assistant. "We think it's just residual smoke from the Otay fire."
Fire personnel have searched the area but have not found any fires, she said.
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"Anytime someone calls into dispatch, they're going out and checking the area," she added, "but we haven't found any type of active fire here."
Cal Fire tweeted at 12:09 p.m. that there are currently no fires in San Diego. The smoke is coming from a fire in Mexico.
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The National Weather Service also advised the public that smoke from a wildfire in Mexico would be moving into San Diego Thursday. No major impacts were expected.
.@CALFIRESANDIEGO There is large amounts of smoke throughout the county from a fire in Mexico we have no current fires in San Diego.
— CAL FIRE SAN DIEGO (@CALFIRESANDIEGO) October 26, 2017
Poway Fire crews are investigating calls re smoke in the area, aided by SD Fire helicopter. No fire identified at this time.
— City of Poway (@cityofpoway) October 26, 2017
Smoke from a wildfire in Mexico will be moving into #SanDiego overnight-Thursday, but no major impacts are expected. #cawx pic.twitter.com/ADJtC81Yc0
— NWS San Diego (@NWSSanDiego) October 26, 2017
There is a fire in lakeside El Cajon area and another in Mexico. Smoke is bad all the way up in Ramona
— Lisa Taylor (@lataet) October 26, 2017
Smells like fire and the sky is totally hazy, but Poway Fire tells us there isn't a fire? What's going on?
— Jodieeeeeeeeek! (@crimsonrambler) October 26, 2017
@CALFIRESANDIEGO Are there fires in N. County somewhere? I'm seeing a lot of hazy smoke here in Poway.
— Bridget Lynch (@bagelynch) October 26, 2017
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