Firefighters Battle 1,300-Acre Wildfire in Southeastern San Diego County

Published on July 4, 2024

BOULEVARD, Calif.—Firefighters are working to subdue a wildfire that has spread over about 1,600 open acres in the rural southeastern reaches of San Diego County, threatening back-country neighborhoods and cultural relics while forcing hundreds of people from their homes. As of Thursday morning, July 4, the fire consumed 1,595 acres and was 70 percent contained. The blaze erupted at about 3:30 p.m. Monday when a car overturned and caught fire on Interstate 8 near McCain Valley Road in Boulevard, north of Jacumba Hot Springs, according to Cal Fire. The flames spread into rugged, rocky, brush-covered terrain on the north side of the freeway, moving toward nearby De Anza Springs Resort, said Mike Cornette, a fire captain with the state agency....

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