Smoke is seen rising over rugged terrain nearing homes.
Smoke from the November Fire drifts from Camp Pendleton on June 10, 2026. (Photo courtesy of Oceanside Fire Department)

Firefighters have stopped the progress of a brush fire that burned hundreds of acres at Camp Pendleton, prompting evacuations of two golf courses and warnings for residents.

The blaze broke out shortly after 10 a.m. near Marine Memorial Golf Course, which was evacuated. Oceanside’s municipal golf course also was cleared of people, city fire officials said, “as a precaution.”

Flames from the November Fire spread south toward Oceanside, leading to evacuation warnings in some parts of the city that were lifted by the late afternoon. Flames moved east along the city border, according to the Oceanside Fire Department, and burned an unknown amount of open brush near Whelan Lake.

A temporary center was set up for evacuees at El Camino High School, 400 Rancho Del Oro Drive.

The warnings applied to residents in areas directly south of the base, bounded roughly by state route 76 on the southwest and, extending east, between Douglas Drive and Vandegrift Boulevard.

At last count, Oceanside Fire said, there were 38 people and 16 animals at the high school shelter. It is “unlikely that they will spend the night,” officials said, based on current fire progress.

At 3:30 p.m., fire crews, with the burn area measured at 560 acres, declared that forward progress of the fire had been halted. Oceanside officials also noted that the flames had shifted.

“The fire appears to be moving away from the city at this time, but fire personnel remain vigilant,” they said in a news release.

Crews had the fire 50% contained by the early evening. There have been no reports of injuries due to the blaze.

A total of 14 aircraft from state, federal and private resources, including fixed wing planes and firefighting helicopters, were involved in fighting the fire. Water was being utilized from local sources including the Oceanside golf course, while fire retardant reloading was being handled at airfields in Hemet and San Bernardino, according to authorities.

Oceanside Fire officials sent 16 engines and a water tender to the scene.

The fire initially had grown to 150 acres, per CalFire, but then leaped to an estimated 800 acres, while burning at a “dangerous rate of spread,” according to reports. By about 2:40 p.m., however, CalFire adjusted the burn area total down.

Base officials had declared the brush fire an “extended attack fire,” meaning it’s “going to take awhile” to gain control over the flames, according to the Watch Duty app.

Smoke may be seen, but there was no fire threat to parts of the North County Fire Protection District, officials said in a social media post shortly before 10:30 a.m.

According to the San Diego County Air Pollution Control District, communities outside Camp Pendleton affected by the smoke include Oceanside, Bonsall and Fallbrook.

City News Service contributed to this report.

Updated 4:50 p.m. June 10, 2026