THREE FIRES BURNING IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY

November 8, 2024 San Diego) --Firefighters are battling three brush fires locally.  The largest is the Garden Fire at 47.9 acres, which has sparked evacuations in Fallbrook.  The blaze started east of  Gird Rd. and Pala Mesa Drive; it is 10% contained. View the evacuation map.

The Resort Fire has burned 2 acres  along highway 79 west west of Warner Springs Rd. in Warner Springs. It is burning at a rapid rate of spread,  per incident command. 15 additional engines have been requested.

In Escondido, the Pasqual 4 Fire has charred half an acre in the 1400 block of San Pasqual Valley Rd.

The wildfires come amid dry conditions with gusty Santa Ana Winds.  SDG&E earlier shut off power to multiple communities in East County to prevent lines from sparking fires, but power has been restored to all of those areas, according to the SDG&E outage map. The only remaining outage is in Escondido due to a vehicle striking a power pole.

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