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 Border 2 fire on Otay Mountain had scorched hundreds of acres by Thursday night, hours after the far smaller Gilman fire in La Jolla near UC San Diego briefly forced evacuations.

This live blog about the Border 2 Fire has ended. You can find the latest updates on the fire here. A large vegetation fire continued burning just north of the U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego ...

Times of San Diego will send you the top local ... Junction in the northwest portion of the Otay Mountain Wilderness Area, according to Cal Fire. #UPDATE These are the latest EVACUATION ORDERS ...

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.

The Border 2 Fire started yesterday afternoon ... opened at Cuyamaca College Gym, 900 Rancho San Diego Parkway, El Cajon. Authorities have closed Otay Lakes Road to traffic, Johnson said.

San Diego Gas and Electric, Cal OES, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Geologic Survey and Caltrans. The cause of the fire was under investigation. The Border 2 Fire broke out on Otay Mountain ...

Friday’s sunrise is covered by smoke from the Border 2 fire near Otay Mountain and Lower Otay Lake on Jan. 24, 2025. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune) Johnson, the Cal Fire ...

Officers from SDPD Southern Division responded to Lower Otay Lake, and SDPD consulted with San Diego Fire-Rescue to determine ...