The fire ignited out around 2:10 p.m. near the intersection of Kearny Villa Road and Camp Elliott Road
Firefighters are battling a 15-acre brush fire on Marine Corps Air Station Miramar after a prescribed burn jumped containment lines Saturday. The fire broke out around 2:10 p.m. near the intersection of Kearny Villa Road and Camp Elliott Road, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department. The blaze began as a prescribed burn, a planned fire that is set and controlled to reduce the risk of a wildfire, according to Cal Fire. The two-day burn began around 6:45 a.m.
The department's prescribed fire program, which averages 250 acres of vegetation treatment annually, is needed to reduce wildfire risk on base posed by 'the combination of chaparral plant communities, open space, climate and human activities,' according to an information sheet posted to the department's Instagram page. By afternoon, the fire had broken containment lines.
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