Firefighters had the 6,625-acre blaze 74% contained Tuesday, according to Cal Fire. There were still scattered sections of ...

saying on social media it was a vegetation fire on Otay Mountain Truck Trail within the Otay Wilderness Area. Not long after the fire started, smoke prompted the San Diego County Air Pollution ...

Several people awoke Friday — some in the middle of the night — to evacuation orders throughout the Otay Wilderness Area ... an orange glow atop Otay Mountain on Thursday night.

As of Wednesday, firefighters had the footprint of the 6,625-acre blaze, dubbed the Border 2 Fire, nearly 90% surrounded, according to Cal Fire.

The Red Cross has set up a temporary evacuation shelter at Cuyamaca College, 900 Rancho San Diego Parkway in El Cajon.

Rain brought much needed aid to the Los Angeles firefight, moving the fires surrounding the city closer to containment.

As of Friday afternoon, the Border fire was 4,250 acres in size and 10 percent contained, but no structures were threatened.

As of Thursday, firefighters had the footprint of the 6,625-acre blaze, dubbed the Border 2 Fire, nearly 96% surrounded, according to Cal Fire.