Updated at 10 a.m. July 12, 2016

A fire erupted this morning near the Chula Vista Municipal Golf Course in the Bonita area, but no one was injured.

Shortly before 6 a.m., smoke and flames were spotted coming from an open field behind a driving range along Bonita Road near Willow Street, but the fire was later extinguished, according to the California Highway Patrol and fire officials

No structures were damaged, a Chula Vista fire dispatcher said.

— From Staff and Wire Reports

Chris Jennewein is Editor & Publisher of Times of San Diego.