Firefighters douse 8-acre Poway brush fire
A small brushfire in Poway which blackened about 8 acres, was in the mop-stage at mid-afternoon Monday.
A CalFire tanker dumps retardant on the fire. Photo by Steve Logsdon.
Firefighters, assisted by aircraft, battled the fire near Metate Lane and Carriage Road in Poway.
The fire was reported about 1 p.m.Monday. Crews from the Poway and San Diego departments were responding. At least one CalFire air tanker and a San Diego Fire helicopter was assisting as well. At 1:45 p.m. the fire was reportedly 90 percent contained. No structures are involved.
This story will be updated as new information is received.
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- Photo by Steve Logsdon
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- Photo by Steve Logsdon
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- Photo by Steve Logsdon
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- A CalFire tanker dumps retardant on the fire. Photo by Steve Logsdon.
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- Photo by Steve Logsdon
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- Photo by Beverley Brooks
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- Photo by Beverley Brooks
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- Photo by Steve Logsdon
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- Photo by Steve Logsdon
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Posted by Steve Dreyer
on Jul 9 2012. Filed under Featured Story, Poway.
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Thanks for the report!!! Tried for 15 minutes to find something about this on our quote unquote "news" sites for no results!! God help us if we actually needed up to date info!
Our supposed news orginizations need quite a bit of work to address situations like this!
Glad to see that we have at least someone posting relevant and pertinant news versus what is hapenning between Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise……
couldn't find anything either so watched from porch
lots of smoke!
Great to find updated information. I love the last updated feature. I am at work and need updated information to check on my house near the fire. Thank you.
Channel 10 had a news alert for subscribers.
Here's some fire links you can access from your computer and there are some scanner apps to listen to the fire radio on your iPhone/Andriod.
Wildland Fire Forums: http://wlfhotlist.com/forums/18-IA-California-amp...
You can see the fire progression from UCSD Cameras: http://anr.ucsd.edu/cameras/
Radio Reference: http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?ctid=21...
These should give you the who, what and where with fires in your community.
Also, you can get Twitter updates and fire notifications sent to your phone by CalFire and SDFD. This also goes for Cal EMA (State Emergency Management) and San Diego Unified Disaster Council.
Amazing how fast you had photos posted… it's nice to get breaking news within minutes of it happening. The photos are excellent. Your photographer (Steve L.) captured some great shots of the scene.
According to a Sheriffs Deputy on the scene, the fire was accidentally and ironically started by a man clearing dry grass with a weed whacker.
Did they use the Ladder truck? Maybe it could extend high enough to squirt from above? The tallest building in Poway is only 4 stories. There's got to be someplace they can use it. Oh, hey, how about we trade it in for a Brush Rig? Quick, somebody call Jon Canavan!
They have a ladder truck in case a neighboring city needs assistance in a high rise. Natural disasters do happen. Even though your sarcasm is unnecessary, should you ever need assistance from our Fire Dept. Mr. Canavan and crew will be there for you.