Base Fire Downsized To 500 Acres; Rapid Rate of Spread Halted

9/16 UPDATE 7:54 a.m.: The estimate on the number of acres charred by the fire burning on Camp Pendleton has been downsized to approximately 500 from 1,000, a base official is reporting.

1st Lt. Ryan Welsh, who is providing online updates for the community, is now reporting the Camp Pendleton Fire Department and mutual aid assets have stopped the fire's rate of spread to the northeast and southeast.

Fire suppression efforts continue Sunday, and residents can expect significant smoke plumes due to unburned heavy brush within the fire perimeter, Welsh reported.

The fire was reported to have started in the Quebec Impact Area of the base, but is now being reported as having started in the Whiskey Impact Area. Welsh said the blaze was triggered during training with live-fire explosives.

There are no reports of any injuries or damage to any structures, and there is currently no threat to any structures on base or in the surrounding communities, according to Welsh.

ORIGINAL POST 9/15: A Camp Pendleton fire that started Friday has scorched more than 1,000 acres is now 30 percent contained. Firefighters have stopped its rapid rate of spread to the northeast and southeast, base officials said Saturday.

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The Camp Pendleton Fire Department and mutual aid assets will continue fire suppression through the night and Sunday. Expect significant smoke plumes through the night and Sunday due to unburned heavy brush within the fire perimeter.

There are no reports of any injuries or damage to any structures, and there is currently no threat to any structures on base or in the surrounding communities.

The fire began Friday during a training exercise at approximately 12 p.m. in the Quebec Impact Area of the base. It has burned approximately 1,000 acres and is still at 30 percent containment as of 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

—Camp Pendleton Public Affairs

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