SAN DIEGO — Authorities issued evacuation orders and warnings to nearby areas early Friday morning as a wildfire in the Otay Wilderness Area exploded to 4,250 acres in rugged terrain overnight.

The initial burn area is sparsely populated and the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office issued an evacuation order for residents in Dulzura at Otay Mountain, with warnings to areas just south of ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Cal Fire crews are battling a brush fire that erupted on Otay Mountain Thursday afternoon, with evacuation orders and warnings in place for surrounding areas.

A Cal Fire San Diego truck on a rural road. Courtesy Cal Fire A brush fire near Otay Mountain north of the U.S.- Mexico border was fully contained today, authorities said. The fire was reported ...

Otay Mountain fire seen from the hills of Tijuana, Mexico in Hacienda Agua Caliente on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025 in Tijuana, Baja California. (Alejandro Tamayo / The San Diego Union-Tribune ...

A large vegetation fire continued burning just north of the U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego County on Friday night. The so-called Border 2 Fire broke out on Otay Mountain around 2:30 p.m. Thursday ...

igniting Thursday near San Diego, continuing weeks of blazes in Southern California. The Border 2 Fire was discovered around 2:30 p.m. PT in the Otay Mountain Wilderness Area about 30 miles ...

Firefighters announced Thursday they had contained a fire that ignited New Year’s Day in a remote area east of Otay Mountain, a Cal Fire official said. The blaze charred around 25 acres and ...

SAN DIEGO — Two migrant women were rescued in the Otay Mountain wilderness by U.S. Border Patrol agents from the San Diego sector last week, the federal agency said. Mexican authorities reported ...

U.S. Border Patrol agents from San Diego stayed with two stranded and injured Mexican women in the Otay Mountain wilderness and built a makeshift shelter until they could be airlifted to safety ...

Firefighters were battling a vegetation fire on Otay Mountain in San Diego County Saturday that had the potential to reach 200 acres, authorities said. The fire was reported around 2:10 p.m ...