Crime & Safety
Crews Halt Brush Fire In San Diego's East County
The blaze sparked amid red flag weather conditions.
CREST, CA — Crews halted a brush fire that sparked Thursday afternoon amid red flag weather conditions in the East County area of San Diego County.
The fire was reported at 1:07 p.m. in the 1100 block of Hamlet Drive, near La Cresta Road in Crest, according to the California Highway Patrol's incident log.
The blaze, dubbed the Hamlet Fire, burned in the area of Hamlet Drive and La Cresta Road, according to Cal Fire San Diego.
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Ground crews and personnel aboard air tankers and water-dropping helicopters worked to extinguish the flames, which posed no reported structural threats. The fire blackened two to three acres before firefighters stopped forward progress of the flames.
#HamletFire [update] The forward rate of spread has been stopped. 🚁 @SDSheriff pic.twitter.com/jvyG7mVfGP
— CAL FIRE/San Diego County Fire (@CALFIRESANDIEGO) January 9, 2025
#HamletFire [update] Firefighters are making good progress. There are no evacuation warnings or orders issued at this time. pic.twitter.com/Nu0MNztzEE
— CAL FIRE/San Diego County Fire (@CALFIRESANDIEGO) January 9, 2025
.@CALFIRESANDIEGO firefighters are at scene of a vegetation fire in the area of La Cresta Road and Hamlet Drive in Crest. The fire is two acres and is burning at a slow rate of spread. There are no evacuation warnings or orders at this time. #HamletFire pic.twitter.com/cZvKeVX3z7
— CAL FIRE/San Diego County Fire (@CALFIRESANDIEGO) January 9, 2025
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