UPDATE (JUNE 21): The Black Wood Fire was 60% contained Wednesday after burning 37 acres southeast of Pine Valley. At 9:49 a.m. Wednesday, Cal Fire San Diego tweeted that crews would remain on the scene to strengthen control lines and extinguish hot spots. No one was injured by the blaze, but one outbuilding was destroyed.
A wind-driven wildfire blackened dozens of brushy open acres southeast of Pine Valley on Tuesday and prompted evacuations as ground and airborne crews worked to subdue the flames.
The Blackwood Fire grew to 37 acres near Live Oak Springs in grass and brush before it was halted at about 3 p.m. The wildfire was driven by the wind and threatened at least five structures near Black Wood and Old Mine roads, not far from the Manzanita Tribal Office. The winds were blowing west-southwest, with gusts approaching 25 mph at the time, according to an SDG&E weather map.
Deputies from the San Diego County Sheriff's Department aided in evacuations of the La Posta and Manzanita reservations, officials said. Authorities were directing people to a shelter that has been set up at the Golden Acorn Casino, in Campo, before the order was lifted at around 6:25 p.m.
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The fire, which was just a few miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border, was spreading at a moderate rate when it erupted just before noon, per Cal Fire, and was located in part beneath some towering wind turbines, according to Thomas Shoots from Cal Fire.
The fire was 10% contained by 3 p.m. and crews would stay at the scene throughout the evening to put out hotspots.
No structural damage of injuries had been reported as of early Tuesday afternoon.
Another brush fire sparked around the same time in the North County San Diego community of Rainbow. The fire was near structures and had the potential to grow to 10-15 acres but Cal Fire crews were able to quickly halt its forward spread.
