A series of fires along State Route 67 near Lakeside created a large cloud of smoke across San Diego's East County Tuesday.
Six small fires burned just after 9 a.m. within a few feet of each other along the highway near Slaughterhouse Canyon Road.
One of the fires, named the Sycamore Fire by Cal Fire officials, was stopped at three acres.
When firefighters arrived, they found about a quarter acre brush fire in rocky terrain on the east side of the highway.
CAL FIRE, Lakeside Fire sent an update via Twitter, suggesting the fire was moving at a medium rate of spread (ROS) with no structures threatened.
Officials later confirmed that there were several fires within a small area. They have not determined a cause.
A large cloud of white smoke filled the sky as firefighters put out the flames.
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Crews parked at least a dozen engines along the road as they walked through the charred area putting out hot spots.
On SR-67, between Lakeside and Poway, temperatures were in the mid 70’s, according to NBC 7's Meteorologist Jodi Kodesh.
She said conditions for firefighters were favorable.
Humidity was up 55 percent and winds were down - out of the East at 3 mph. Hopefully they get a jump on it, before things really heat up, after about 11 a.m. Today will be mostly sunny and top out in the low 90s. There was a 20 percent chance of a pop up thunderstorm for that area.
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