Authorities issued evacuation orders and warnings to nearby areas early Friday morning as a wildfire in the Otay Wilderness Area exploded to 4,250 acres in rugged terrain overnight. Crews were able to ...

Gusty winds and then much-needed rain played a big role in the week firefighters worked to get 100% containment ...

The sheriff's office says evacuation warnings have been lifted and evacuated residents in some areas can safely return home ...

The initial burn area is sparsely populated and the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office issued an evacuation order for residents in Dulzura at Otay Mountain, with warnings to areas just south of ...

Still prohibited from returning to their homes due to the conflagration, dubbed the Border 2 Fire, were residents of areas ...

The Otay Mountain fire is seen from the hills of Tijuana on Thursday. (Alejandro Tamayo / The San Diego Union-Tribune) Those could prove a mixed blessing. Thunderstorms can produce lightning ...

As of Wednesday, firefighters had the footprint of the 6,625-acre blaze, dubbed the Border 2 Fire, nearly 90% surrounded, ...

A large vegetation fire continued burning just north of the U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego County on Friday night. The so-called Border 2 Fire broke out on Otay Mountain around 2:30 p.m. Thursday ...

As of Thursday, firefighters had the footprint of the 6,625-acre blaze, dubbed the Border 2 Fire, nearly 96% surrounded, ...

Despite several days of rain that aided firefighting efforts, thousands of fire crews were still working to fully contain a more than 6,000-acre brush fire in south San Diego Tuesday. The Border 2 ...