Lightning Sparks Brush Fire In Warner Springs Area

UPDATE:

A lightning-sparked brush fire scorched about an acre and a half Thursday east of state Route 79 in the Warner Springs area.

The fire was reported about 3:35 p.m., according to Cal Fire Public Information Officer Thomas Schoots.

Several thunderstorms moved through the area at the time, Schoots said.

By about 6 p.m. the fire was encircled by retardant and was holding at about an acre and a half burned, he said.

The blaze broke out in below the historic Hot Springs lookout, in an area that was difficult to access, Schoots said.

The wooden lookout was the only threatened structure, he said.

Two air tankers made retardant drops while helicopters from the San Diego County Sheriff's Department, San Diego Gas & Electric and the U.S. Forest Service made water drops to hold the blaze in check as ground crews followed a bulldozer that cleared and leveled the nearly impassable road to the lookout, Schoots said.

No injuries were reported.

– City News Service

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CA – Firefighters are battling a slow-moving brush fire in the Warner Springs area of San Diego County, according to Cal Fire. The blaze, called the Springs Fire, broke out east of state Route 79, near Camino San Ignacio.

Crews in firefighting aircraft are working to halt the spread of the flames while ground personnel make their way into the remote and hard-to-access area, according to the state agency.

There are no reports of structural threats.

City News Service contributed to this report.