Otay Mountain fire near the American-Mexican border; Evacuation warnings, orders issued – NBC 7 San Diego

An important fire of vegetation began to burn Thursday afternoon at the top of a hill near the American-Mexican border. At nightfall, the flames projected a strange glow on Mount Otay.

A little before 2:30 p.m., Cal Fire San Diego tweeted that the border fire had already burned 20 acres and had a “dangerous spread rate”. However, firefighters have reduced the propagation rate to moderate, which means that their efforts are starting to bear fruit.

You could see the flames of the fire climb the side of a hill on Mont Otay, near the Trucks Trail of Mont Otay.

At 8:30 p.m., the fire had spread to 600 acres. Friday at 5 am, it extended to 1,000 acres and 6:30 a.m., the fire extended over 4,250 acres and was contained at 10 %.