The Border 2 fire on Otay Mountain had scorched hundreds of acres by Thursday night, hours after the far smaller Gilman fire in La Jolla near UC San Diego briefly forced evacuations.

Salvador Rivera on the Border 2 Fire. STORY: <a href="https://fox5sandiego.com/news/local-news/fire-with-dangerous-rate-of-spread-erupts-at-otay-mountain/">https ...

As night fell, the flames cast an eerie glow across Otay Mountain. At a little before 2:30 p.m., Cal Fire San Diego tweeted out that the border fire had already burned 20 acres and had a ...

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - An evacuation order remains in effect Wednesday for Otay Mountain-area neighborhoods, as crews work to contain the smoldering remnants of a wildfire that has scorched about 10 ...

The Border 2 Fire was discovered around 2:30 p.m. PT in the Otay Mountain Wilderness Area about 30 miles southeast of the city and just north of the U.S.-Mexico border. As of 7:15 p.m. PT ...

The Border 2 Fire was reported Thursday afternoon. It’s burning in the Otay Mountain Wilderness area. A red flag warning remains in effect until 10 a.m. Friday for parts of Southern California ...

With help from Mother Nature, firefighters have gained the upper hand on the Border 2 Fire, which is now 43% contained with 6,600 acres burned. KPBS reporter Alexander Nguyen explains why the fire ...