BRUSH FIRE IN LAKESIDE NEAR I-8

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Update 12:35 p.m.:   The fire's spread has been stopped at 6 acres, Cal Fire reports.

Photos by Kristin Kjaero, Elizabeth Gallway, Gloria Duncan and Jeff Holtz

August 17, 2013 (Lakeside) - A five-acre brush fire is burning in Lakeside. The blaze, reported at 11:36 a.m., is near Los Coches Road and Interstate 8 and is spreading at a moderate rate, Cal Fire reports. 

ECM readers and members of the Brush Fire Partyline on Facebook have indicated the fire began near the Vons Supermarket, close to a mobilehome park and a tent camp.  Additional resources have been requested.

 

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