The National Weather Service has extended a Red Flag Warning until Friday morning for San Diego County's inland valleys and mountains.
Another blast of Santa Ana winds Thursday prompted San Diego Gas & Electric to cut off electricity to thousands of residents in another of a wave of power outages that have continued off and on for two weeks.
Evacuations have been lifted after a fire sparked south of UC San Diego on Thursday afternoon, but a second fast-moving fire in the Otay Mountain area is quickly growing. Crews were able to keep the fire to 3 acres.
Multiple brush fires erupted in San Diego’s North County early Tuesday morning, prompting a fast response from firefighters and mandatory evacuations.
San Diego Gas & Electric resumed public safety power shutoffs in stretches of San Diego’s backcountry overnight into Tuesday as a Red Flag Warning for critical fire danger took hold.
A Red Flag Warning that went into effect Monday for San Diego County mountains and valleys has been extended due to strong gusty winds and low relative humidity.
Thousands of San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) customers are experiencing public safety power shutoffs as high winds and low humidity continue to elevate wildfire risk across Southern California.
The Red Flag Warning expired in San Diego and SDG&E has restored the power to areas shut off during the warning.
Scores of residents were urged to flee as fast-moving fires hurtled through bone-dry brush in Bonsall and Mission Valley Tuesday
Nearly 8,000 San Diego Gas and Electric customers had their power shut off Friday morning in yet another effort to reduce wildfire risk due to strong Santa Ana winds.
This weekend's cool temperatures and higher humidity are expected to give way to more Santa Anas and a new red flag warning Monday.
The number of San Diego Gas & Electric customers impacted by the recent round of public safety power shutoffs grew to at least 19,000, according to map data as of Thursday afternoon.