Firefighters stopped a brush fire that sparked Thursday afternoon in Oceanside from spreading to an upscale neighborhood and shopping mall.
The Marron Fire sparked at around 3:30 p.m. on a hillside near Marron Road and College Boulevard. Firefighters from Carlsbad and Oceanside attacked the fire from the ground while Cal Fire air tankers filled up at nearby Calavera Lake and dumped water over the approximately 2-acre fire, Cal Fire spokesperson Holly Angeles Gonzalez confirmed.
Flames threatened a neighborhood at the top of the hill, as well as a nearby Walmart. At least 10 homes in the area, plus customers in the Walmart, were evacuated at around 4 p.m., according to officials.
By around 4:15 p.m., firefighters appeared to have had a handle on most of the flames. The burn area was emitting small shutes of wispy white smoke, which is typically a sign of extinguished flames.
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Cal Fire's helicopters were called off by 4:40 p.m. No damage to homes or businesses was reported, nor were any injuries to firefighters.
Fire details will be updated as we learn more.
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San Diego County is dealing with Santa Ana winds, which bring dryer, warmer air from the mountains down to the inland valleys decreasing humidity and drying out wildland brush. Those conditions, plus the wind's ability to fan potential flames, create elevated wildfire danger.
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