Skyline Fire Burns 100 Acres, Prompts Evacuations In Jamul Area

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CA — A wildfire burning Thursday afternoon in the Jamul area prompted evacuations and road closures that have since been lifted.

The blaze, called the Skyline Fire, broke out around 11:50 a.m. in the 17000 block of Skyline Truck Trail in Lawson Valley, near Jamul in San Diego County. Within an hour, the fire had burned about 20 acres and threatened at least one structure in the area, according to Cal Fire. By 2 p.m., the blaze had blackened roughly 100 acres.

By 3 p.m., firefighters stopped the forward rate of spread. The fire remained at 100 acres and was 10 percent contained.

Authorities issued evacuation orders for the area between the 15600 block and the 17700 block of Skyline Truck Trail, as well as the area along Skyline Truck Trail from the 15000 block to Twisted Oak Road and the area on Wisecarver Truck Trail.

A temporary evacuation point was established at Regal Edwards Rancho San Diego at 2951 Jamacha Road in El Cajon.

Authorities also shut down Skyline Truck Trail between Lawson Valley and Honey Springs roads due to the fire.

All evacuation orders and road closures were lifted around 6:30 p.m.

The fire, which moved at a moderate rate of speed, sparked amid a heat wave expected to last through Thursday in the region, according to the National Weather Service.

Elsewhere in the county, crews worked to contain three fires on Camp Pendleton. The fires have scorched thousands of acres on the military base, but posed no threats to people or structures on and off the base, officials said.

Crews also responded to a slow-moving brush fire that sparked off Mast Boulevard, near Sycamore Landfill and the southeastern reaches of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar.

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