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A vegetation fire sparked Monday in a mountainous area north of Valley Center and burned an RV before firefighters halted its spread at three acres, according to Cal Fire San Diego.

Here’s everything we know about the Mesa Fire that sparked along SR-76 near Pala Casino in San Diego County on June 23, 2021.

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The vegetation fire was reported at 3:01 p.m. in the unincorporated county area of Hemet.

NBC 7’s Allie Raffa spoke to a Cal Fire captain about the work that goes into training seasonal hand crews.

Here’s everything we know about the Mesa Fire that sparked along SR-76 near Pala Casino in San Diego County on June 23, 2021.

A brush fire that exploded to 350 acres along State Route 76 near Pala Casino in San Diego County Wednesday — prompting brief road closures and evacuation warnings — is now 40% contained.

Rain is usually a great deterrent for fire. It isn’t exactly great when it rains less than a tenth-of-an-inch after weeks of nothing but hot, sunny days.

NBC 7’s Dave Summers heard from residents effected by the evacuation warnings.

NBC 7’s Dave Summers has the latest from the fire burning near Pala Casino.

Cal Fire is responding to a brush fire along State Route 76, east of Interstate 15 near Pala Casino. NBC 7’s Dave Summers has the latest details.

The fire burned close to an unidentified structure at the base of a hill, but was climbing up the hill away from it as of 3:20 p.m.

Firefighters with Cal Fire San Diego are assisting with a wildfire that started in Mexico but crossed into the U.S.-Mexico border through the copper Canyon, an area east of the Otay Mesa Port of Entry.

SkyRanger 7 flew over a fire burning near the US-Mexico Border on May 28, 2021.

With one of the most dangerous fire seasons predicted for California, Cal Fire is now calling in the National Guard to help them on the front lines.

Three firefighters were hospitalized with smoke inhalation injuries Monday suffered while working a prescribed burn at Cuyamaca Rancho State Park, Cal Fire officials confirmed. Cal Fire and Viejas Fire Department crews have been monitoring the prescribed burn since around 8:30 a.m., Monday morning, Cal Fire spokesperson Frank Lococo said. Additional resources were called in at around 4:30 p.m. in response…

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