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The Border 2 Fire was discovered around 2:30 p.m. PT in the Otay Mountain Wilderness Area about 30 miles southeast of the city and just north of the U.S.-Mexico border.
Aug. 12—Editors' Note: Please bookmark this page. This breaking news story will be updated as soon as more information becomes available. ---- UPDATE: 10 a.m. FEMA officials said today the ...
Deadly wildfires have been raging across Hawaii and the island of Maui County - here’s what we know so far
Despite many smaller brush fires igniting on Otay Mountain throughout the years following the Harris Fire of October 2007, which burned a significant portion of the Otay Mountain Wilderness, much of the area had not seen significant fire activity since, leading to a glut of overgrown native chaparral in the area which allowed the current fire to burn aggressively.
In early August 2023, a series of wildfires broke out in the U.S. state of Hawaii, predominantly on the island of Maui.The wind-driven fires prompted evacuations and caused widespread damage, killing at least 102 people and leaving two people missing in the town of Lahaina on Maui's northwest coast.
The fire prompted the evacuation of people in Kaanapali in West Maui on Friday night, the Maui Police Department announced on social media. No details of the evacuation were immediately provided.
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Crews with cadaver dogs have completed just 3% of the search area, Maui Police Chief John Pelletier said. As death toll from Maui fire reaches 89, authorities say effort to count the losses is ...