Despite relief from Santa Ana winds, humidity levels were below 10%, elevating wildfire danger. More than 46,500 SDG&E customers remain power.
A Red Flag Warning expired at 4 a.m. Wednesday but low humidity levels in some parts of San Diego County were still elevating fire concernDespite relief from Santa Ana winds, humidity levels were below 10%, elevating wildfire danger
San Diego County appeared to make it through one of the strongest Santa Ana wind events of the seasonbut humidity levels less than 10% in some parts of San Diego County were still elevating the concern for wildfires to grow quickly and out of control.>Sign up for NBC San Diego's News Headlines newsletter.
At the peak of SDG&E's Public Safety Power Outages, more than 51,000 people were in the dark. The Power Safety Shut-Off warning continues through noon on Friday for more than 88,000 SDG&E customers, according to the agency's website, an improvement to the 115,000-plus customers that were initially alerted to potential outages.SDG&E said the move to cut power is made with much forethought to prevent Santa Ana winds from downing power lines and sparking wildfires.
Firefighters made fairly quick work of two fires amid the gustiest winds Tuesday morning, one in Ramona that burned less than 2 acres, and a second later in the day in East County near the U.S.-Mexico border that burned at least two dozen acres before crews gained the upper hand.
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