Officials have issued evacuation orders for a quick-burning brush fire in Dehesa that is threatening multiple structures.
The Dehesa 7 Fire began just before 3:30 p.m. for unknown reasons off the 6100 block of Dehesa Road at Red Gum Road, about a mile north of the Sycuan Casino. It quickly grew from 15 to more than 90 acres Wednesday afternoon, per Cal Fire.
The fire was at 5% containment as of about 5:30 p.m.
Officials initially asked residents near the fire location to leave, but then lifted the evacuation orders at about 6:30 p.m. They earlier had lifted an evacuation warning.
Dehesa Road is closed from Willson Road to Harbison Canyon Road.
According to Cal Fire, there are “significant resources” en route to the fire to assist ground crews.
Dehesa is currently under a heat advisory, with temperatures well into the mid-90s at their hottest this week.
Updated 6:40 p.m. Aug. 19, 2026
