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.

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 ...

Get top local San Diego stories delivered to you every morning with our News Headlines newsletter. The blaze — which erupted just west of Doghouse Junction in the Otay Mountain Wilderness Area ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...