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Brush-Clearing Controlled Burns Underway In East County Highlands
The controlled burns will clear foliage from the Descanso Ranger District and Palomar Divide Road.
April 11, 2023
Firefighters began burning vegetation Tuesday off several hundred acres in the eastern San Diego County highlands to create natural wildfire barriers, authorities announced.
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The controlled burns will clear foliage this week from 85 acres off Kitchen Creek Road and Sunrise Highway in the Descanso Ranger District and from about 120 acres off Palomar Divide Road, near Palomar Mountain, according to Cleveland National Forest officials.
Smoke from the operations might be visible at times from Interstate 8 and some surrounding East County communities, the federal agency advised.
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