Firefighters quickly halted a small brush fire in Valley Center Saturday.
The blaze, dubbed the Chaparral Fire, broke out in vegetation in the 28000 block of Valley Center Road, according to Cal Fire Capt. Issac Sanchez.
.@CALFIRESANDIEGO and cooperators are at scene of a half-acre vegetation fire near the 28k block of Valley Center Rd in Valley Center.#ChaparralFire pic.twitter.com/b6jtyx3EYo
— CAL FIRE SAN DIEGO (@CALFIRESANDIEGO) June 9, 2018
It was stopped from spreading a little more than a half-hour after it was first reported, Sanchez said.
Fire crews were expected to be on scene until at least 3 p.m. to mop up the fire and fully construct containment lines.
No damage was reported.
–City News Service
