San Diego fire crews have put out a fire that broke out on Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, sending a large plume of black smoke into the air on a hot Tuesday afternoon.
Both ground and air crews from Cal Fire and MCAS Miramar Fire were sent to put out the Shothole Fire, which burned 106 acres on the eastern portion of the Marine base, between Scripps Ranch, Poway and Santee.
By 8:42 p.m., the fire had been extinguished, according to MCAS Miramar's post on social media site X (formerly Twitter).
The "shothole" is what Marines use to clear ordinance, which is where the fire started, according to Lt. Jacoby Hawkins, MCAS Miramar Base Pubic Affairs Officer.
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Smoke from the fire was seen billowing over several large buildings near the fire. Footage from SkyRanger 7 showed a long line of fire burning in an area with a lot of dry brush and hills. Air crews could be seen overhead dropping water onto the fire.
Shortly before 4 p.m., the base wrote on X that the blaze began during an explosive ordinance disposal detonation a little after 2:30 p.m. Officials said the Miramar Fire Department and an all-Marine hand crew were fighting the flames on the ground with assistance from San Diego Fire Rescue, which was using a pair of choppers to make drops, and also had two strike teams on site. No injuries were reported, nor were any structures damaged, according to the Marines.
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The fire was kept contained due to helicopters and air tankers dropping retardant and more than one hundred firefighters on the ground.
Many agencies were assigned to the fire including:
- MCAS Miramar Fire Dept.
- MCAS Miramar Police
- CALFire
- San Diego FD
- Poway FD
- Lakeside FD
- Rancho Santa Fe FD
- San Diego County Sheriff’s Dept.
This is a developing story. NBC 7 is working to update this page as more information arrives.
