Crime & Safety
Fire Burns Near Center of Camp Pendleton
The non-injury fire was reported in the Whiskey impact area near the center of the North County installation.
Firefighters were working to extinguish a brush fire near the center of Camp Pendleton today.
The non-injury fire in the Whiskey impact area near the center of the North County installation was reported about 2:30 p.m., according to base spokesman Lt. Ryan Finnegan. The acreage blackened by the fire was not immediately available.
Finnegan said the fire was not a threat to personnel or property and would not spread outside the base.
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Smoke billowing from the fire was visible in Fallbrook, but communities surrounding the base were not threatened, according to the North County Fire Protection District.
-- City News Service
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