Brush Fire Breaks Out East Marine Corps Air Station Miramar

SAN DIEGO, CA — Firefighters Saturday were responding to a five-acre brush fire with the potential to reach 50 acres east of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar.

Personnel from the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department, Santee Fire Department and Miramar Fire Department were dispatched to the area east of Interstate 15 near Kearny Villa Road and Camp Elliott Road shortly after 1 p.m. Saturday, where the fire was originally estimated to be burning 20 acres of brush with a potential of reaching 200 acres. That estimate was revised downward at about 2 p.m.

A 1st Alarm response was dispatched, including four firefighting helicopters, fixed wing aircraft, water tenders, brush rigs, fire engines, fire trucks, battalion chiefs and support personnel.

The fire was burning in light, flashy fuel with a moderate rate of speed, per incident command.

No infrastructure was threatened and forward progress was stopped at about 2:30 p.m., officials said.

No injuries were reported. The cause of the fire had not been determined.