BRUSH FIRE IN DULZURA

Update: This fire has been stopped at two acres.

July 12, 2012 (Dulzura)—Cal Fire and San Diego County Fire authority are on the scene of a two-acre grass fire south of Highway 94 near the Border Patrol checkpoint in Dulzura  (TB Map 1313 E2).  The fire is spreading moderately upslope in a south easterly direction.

Currently 9 engines, 3 fire crews, 2 bulldozers, 3 water tenders, 2 airtankers, 2 helicopters and 1 chief officer (approximately 100 firefighters) are at the scene, Cal Fire reports.  The dispatch time was 12:29 and the cause is under investigation.

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