SAN DIEGO COUNTY, California — A fire burning south of Tecate in Mexico is being seen from all over San Diego County.
Cal Fire has tweeted that they are aware of the fire and are monitoring it. They said it is "well inside Mexico and not a threat to the U.S." but it can be seen for miles north of the border.
According to an update from Baja California Civil Protection via Facebook Live on Tuesday, the fire started on Monday in the late afternoon, early evening in the area of Cerra Bola. Initially, the firefighters assessed the fire and determined it was not threatening structures or homes.
They determined that the area was extremely dangerous to go into with fire crews so they chose to let it burn overnight and monitor progress and reassess on Tuesday morning.
By Tuesday, the fire had started to move west. The fire crews set up 3 fronts to stop the fire in Tecate, Tijuana, and Rosarito.
As of Tuesday afternoon, no evacuations have been ordered and no structures or buildings are being threatened. Support from the national guard as well as state, federal and local crews are working together to make sure the fire does not reach the population.
No estimate has been given on the total acres burned or containment percentages.
On Tuesday afternoon, Cal Fire was on scene of a second fire located on Otay Mountain at the US-Mexico border, #Border26Fire. The 10-acre vegetation fire has burned approximately 2 acres on the U.S. side of the border. According to a tweet at 4:37 p.m. the forward rate of spread had been stopped on this smaller fire.
The SDG&E Alert Wildfire page has cameras that are pointed south and show the smoke billowing from several different angles.
NASA's Fire Information for Resource Management System shows the location of the fire below:
Cal Fire initially posted this tweet at 10:12 p.m. on Monday evening and people all over San Diego have responded to the tweet with photos of what they are seeing from their neighborhoods across the county.
Twitter user @Watsamadau posted the view from Mt. Helix:
@trish_connery posted the view from Santee Lakes on Tuesday:
This photo was sent in from Lyn Byles from San Diego Bay looking south on Tuesday:
