SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. —
Camp Pendleton
A trio of large wildfires continued burning across open terrain on the grounds of Camp Pendleton amid a late-spring heat wave Wednesday, sending plumes of smoke over northern San Diego County but posing no threats to military or civilian structures.
The flames, which began spreading through training areas at the Marine Corps base over the weekend, had charred roughly 8,600 acres by this afternoon, according to Camp Pendleton public affairs.
Military firefighters have been aided by Cal Fire ground and airborne crews in their effort to corral the blazes.
Military training maneuvers sparked the blazes, said John Crook, deputy chief of the Camp Pendleton Fire Department.
Bostonia
An intense blaze gutted a large home near Bostonia Wednesday afternoon, but no one was injured.
The fire in the 1600 block of Via Elisa Drive in an unincorporated area near El Cajon erupted about 2:40 p.m. and took about a half-hour to subdue, according to a Heartland Fire & Rescue dispatcher.
There was no word on what sparked the blaze that engulfed the home just north of Greenfield Drive.
Deer Springs
In North County, Firefighters halted the spread of that small brush fire off
the 3400 block of Silverleaf Lane in Deer Springs, according to Cal Fire.
No structural damage or injuries have been reported.
Santee
Firefighters extinguished a fire that broke out in a ravine in the 9100 block of Carlton Hills Boulevard, just north of Mission Gorge Road in Santee, according to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department.
Crews were able to quickly halt the spread of the flames.
Julian
Firefighters extinguished a roughly quarter-acre vegetation
fire in the 1200 block of Oak Heights Road in Julian, according to Cal Fire.
The personnel halted the spread of the flames, the state agency advises.