SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — Firefighters were battling a vegetation fire in San Diego County near Sunrise Highway and the Penny Pines Trailhead on Wednesday that sent large plumes of smoke into ...

Firefighters have been able to get a handle on a brush fire that sparked on Mount ... Get top local stories in San Diego delivered to you every morning. Sign up for NBC San Diego's News Headlines ...

San Diego County Fire truck. (Photo Courtesy Cal Fire) A 20-year-old man suspected of intentionally sparking a brush fire Friday in the far northern reaches of San Diego County and then ...

(Photo courtesy of Cal Fire San Diego and Alert California) Firefighters on Wednesday gained the upper hand on a backcountry brush fire northwest of Mount Laguna, authorities said. The blaze is ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Traffic was flowing in and out of the Florida Keys on Wednesday after a brush fire led officials to briefly close U.S. 1, snarling traffic for hours for those trying ...

Sheriff’s deputies were unable to put out the brush fire on their own and called in firefighters with Cal Fire, San Diego County Fire and the North County Fire Protection districts. The fire ...

Then, Urban Corps crews will clean and clear the area of invasive plant species and dead brush. Finally, Coopersmith said the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department will spray what’s left with a ...

An audit called the city of San Diego’s methods poorly coordinated, not comprehensive enough and too fragmented among different departments. Those and other complications often leave La ...