Brush Fire Extinguished Near Mission Gorge Road In Santee

SANTEE, CA — A brush fire that burned an unknown number of acres was extinguished Sunday near Mission Gorge Road, according to the Heartland Fire and Rescue Department said.

A call was received at 12:45 p.m. reporting the fire was racing up a hill near westbound state Route 52, a Heartland fire dispatcher said.

Firefighters extinguished the blaze just before 2:30 p.m., the dispatcher said.

There were 13 units from Heartland fire that were used to stop the blaze, he said.

—City News Service