First-responders were called out Friday afternoon to fight a fire in Pauma Valley.
The Rincon Fire was first reported after 3 p.m. near the 16000 block of state Route 76 between Valley Center and Rim roads.
At around 3:20 p.m. Cal Fire said in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, that the fire had burned a half-acre so far, with the potential to char 100 acres. They also said that no structures were threatened at this time. Fifteen minutes later, a second post by Cal Fire estimated the blaze had grown to 3 acres, but officials said that "Firefighters are making good progress." A short time after that, officials said the fire's spread had been stopped.
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That progress was aided, no doubt, by the proximity of Cal Fire's Rincon Station 70, which is very near to where the fire broke out.
An SDG&E image of the fire showed a plume of white smoke being generated by the fire, pushed almost entirely sideways by winds.
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Winds were moderate Friday but were expected to shift to Santa Anas over the weekend. A wind advisory warning of gusts in the 50 mph range was scheduled to go into effect at 11 p.m. on Saturday. By Sunday, average winds would be in the 20-30 mph range, with gusts of up to 65 mph possible, according to the National Weather Service.
