What to Know: Verde Fire
- Acres: 5.5
- Where: Off Calle Oro Verde in Valley Center
- Fire was stopped at around 9 p.m. Wednesday
Firefighters battled a brush fire that broke out in Valley Center Wednesday night.
CalFire San Diego responded to the 5.5-acre blaze located off Calle Oro Verde at around 7:15 p.m., fire officials said.
Two structures at the top of the hill were threatened by the fire. One of those residences was being evacuated, Cal Fire said. Since then, the structure threat has been mitigated.
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The forward rate of spread was stopped around 8:10 p.m. on Wednesday.
CalFire said the fire was stopped at around 9 p.m., according to the agency's post on the X platform, formerly known as Twitter. Fire crews will stay on the scene for mop-up.
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