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Another fire is ablaze in Southern California, igniting Thursday near San Diego, continuing weeks of blazes in Southern California. The Border 2 Fire was discovered around 2:30 p.m. PT in the Otay ...
The Border 2 Fire was a wildfire that burned in the Otay Mountain area of San Diego County, two miles north of the U.S.–Mexico border. It is part of the January 2025 Southern California wildfires .
Smoke rises from the hills behind an Amazon warehouse as firefighters battle the Border 2 fire next to the Mexican border, in the hills east of the Otay Mesa neighborhood of San Diego, California ...
Border 2 Fire - San Diego County, 4,250 acres, 1% contained. Laguna Fire- Ventura County, 94 acres, 70% contained. Sepulveda Fire- Los Angeles County, 45 acres, 60% contained.
The Border 2 Fire started at around 2:30 pm PST on January 23 and proceeded to burn 600 acres atop Otay Mountain through much of the afternoon at "dangerous rate" of spread. [145] Throughout its first night, it displayed extreme fire behavior as it exploded to several thousand acres due to the wind and inaccessible terrain. [146]
The timing of fire season in Southern California is similar, peaking between late spring and fall. The severity and duration of peak activity in either part of the state is modulated in part by weather events: downslope/offshore wind events can lead to critical fire weather, while onshore flow and Pacific weather systems can bring conditions ...
San Diego County’s Border 2 fire has burned 6,625 acres and is 43 percent contained. It started last Thursday, forcing evacuation orders around the Otay Mountain area.
The fire, which was first reported around 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, June 19, started along the United States-Mexican border between Highway 188 and Highway 94. [2] Reported at 5 acres, the fire burned at a moderate rate of spread before rapidly exploding into 1,500 acres (610 ha) within a matter of hours due to gushy winds within the fire area. [3]