Wildfire Sparked by Car Crash in San Diego County Chars Hundreds of Acres, Prompts Evacuations

Published on July 2, 2024

JACUMBA, Calif—Flames engulfed a vehicle on Interstate 8 in the rural southeastern reaches of the San Diego area on July 1 and spread into adjacent brushy terrain, where it blackened hundreds of acres, prompting evacuations and a smoke advisory. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) reported the fire has burned 1,000 acres and was 5 percent contained as of Tuesday morning. The blaze erupted around 3:30 p.m. Monday on the westbound side of the freeway, near McCain Valley Road in Jacumba Hot Springs, according to Cal Fire. The fire was thus dubbed the McCain Fire. Over the next several hours, the blaze charred an estimate 714 open acres as firefighters battled the flames on the ground and aboard air tankers and water-dropping helicopters, the state agency reported....

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