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SUNSHINE SUMMIT - Fire crews are working Friday to subdue the smoldering remnants of a lightning-sparked wildfire that blackened an estimated 900 acres in the rural northeastern reaches of San Diego County, prompting residential evacuations but causing no known structural damage.
As of Thursday night, it burned 900 acres and was 10% contained. There are 371 personnel, six helicopters, 22 engines and 13 fire crews assigned to battle the blaze. They also advised people in areas at safer distances to prepare to evacuate on short notice if conditions worsened. A temporary shelter for the displaced was in operation at Warner Springs Community Resource Center in the 30900 block of state Route 79.
Despite crews' steady progress in quelling the blaze, however, Chihuahua Valley Road remained closed until further notice.
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