SAN DIEGO
A 7-acre brush fire in Carmel Valley briefly threatened homes Sunday before firefighters stopped the blaze, officials said.
The fire started about 3 p.m. in a field off Carmel Valley Road near Pacific Highlands Ranch Parkway. Two water-dropping helicopters helped douse the flames, San Diego Fire-Rescue Department Battalion Chief Matt Nislen said.
Battalion Chief Brian Raines said the conditions were favorable.
“It’s a big, flat open field,” he told OnScene TV. “It’s mostly grasses, so we’re lucky the terrain was flat and the winds are not too bad today.”
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No homes were evacuated.
A stretch of Carmel Valley Road was closed in both directions while crews battled the fire. They had the fire under control in about an hour, Raines said.