Firefighters battled a small brushfire near the US- Mexico border Sunday.
Cal Fire San Diego tweeted just before noon that it was tackling the blaze, estimated at two acres. About an hour later, the agency reported that forward rate of the blaze’s spread has been stopped.
#BorderFire [update] IC reports the forward rate of spread has been stopped.
— CAL FIRE SAN DIEGO (@CALFIRESANDIEGO) May 20, 2018
The fire was located about a half-mile west of the Tecate Port of Entry, along the border, San Diego County Sheriff’s Lt. Juan Marquez said. That location is about 35 miles southeast of San Diego.
No homes were threatened by the blaze, according to Cal Fire.
–City News Service, staff