Crime & Safety
Smell Smoke in San Clemente? Camp Pendleton Battled Two Brush Fires Overnight
Two brush fires in Camp Pendleton overnight are now under control reached 60 acres at last check.

SAN CLEMENTE, CA—Military and civilian firefighters worked overnight to extinguish a pair of brush fires burning at Camp Pendleton.
At last update, one fire in the northern reaches of the Marine Corps station near Oceanside had charred about 60 acres since it ignited late Tuesday afternoon but caused no immediate structural threats, according to base officials.
The fire's progress had been halted as of about 8 p.m Tuesday, according to the North County Fire Protection District, which serves the nearby communities of Bonsall and Fallbrook. But firefighters remained on scene throughout the night mopping up.
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A second fire east of the DeLuz housing area, near Naval Weapons Station Fallbrook Annex, has burned about 40 acres, according to Camp Pendleton.
The cause of the fires was not immediately clear.
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