The Border 2 fire on Otay Mountain had scorched hundreds of acres by Thursday night, hours after the far smaller Gilman fire in La Jolla near UC San Diego briefly forced evacuations.

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Cal Fire crews are battling a brush fire that erupted on Otay Mountain Thursday afternoon, with evacuation orders and warnings in place for surrounding areas.

Wind from the ocean pushed the Border 2 fire east Friday and the evacuation area expanded to include Dulzura and other rural spots east of Otay Mountain ...

Environmental groups claimed the large development project would be built in a fire hazard area and would harm endangered ...

A winter storm brought much-needed rainfall – 3 inches in some areas – along with high winds to the San Diego region Thursday ...

The initial burn area is sparsely populated and the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office issued an evacuation order for residents in Dulzura at Otay Mountain, with warnings to areas just south of ...

UPDATE Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025, 6 p.m.: Firefighters continued working overnight to corral a wildfire that had spread over some 10 square miles of remote terrain a few miles north of the U.S ...

Despite several days of rain that aided firefighting efforts, thousands of fire crews were still working to fully contain a more than 6,000-acre brush fire in south San Diego Tuesday. The Border 2 ...

SAN DIEGO — Authorities issued evacuation orders and warnings to nearby areas early Friday morning as a wildfire in the Otay Wilderness Area exploded to 4,250 acres in rugged terrain overnight.

A fire erupted on Otay Mountain in San Diego, California, fueled by strong winds. Dramatic footage by Yordana Sanchez shows a plume of smoke rising from the hill on January 23, around 2:31 pm.