Parts of eastern San Diego County and Imperial County will be under an extreme heat warning later this week, while wildfires ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — An excessive heat warning is in effect for parts of San Diego County this weekend. And with the hotter temperatures comes the risk of wildfires.

Among all the fires in Cal Fire’s jurisdiction, the share of wildfires whose cause goes undetermined is significantly higher in San Diego County than elsewhere in California. Statewide, only 15% ...

In San Diego County, forecasters warned of winds of 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 70 mph. In the mountains, winds could reach 80 to 90 mph, the weather service added.

San Diego fire crews have deployed resources to help in the firefight against several major wildfires in the Los Angeles area that have destroyed hundreds of homes, forced thousands to evacuate ...

November Numbers Thanks to cool nights, November continued San Diego’s long streak of cooler-than-normal months. The average temperature for the month, measured at the city’s official weather station ...

At least 14 firefighters in San Diego County, for example, have suffered heat-related illnesses over the last week and a half, including during the Border 32, Sandia, and Caesar fires.

San Diego County Braces for Wildfires in a Time of Drought California kicked off Wildfire Preparedness Week on Monday By Joe Little • Published May 2, 2022 • Updated on May 2, 2022 at 5:23 pm ...

The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department supplied Cal Fire with their ASTREA helicopter and made water drops to control the Overland Fire. Technology also plays a major role in combating wildfires.

Even so, the San Diego region didn’t get the worst of it, he said. “Southern California did get hit with wildfire exposure, but really parts of Northern California, the Bay Area, got hit ...

The deadliest of those was San Diego’s 273,246-acre Cedar Fire, which started in East County’s Cleveland National Forest and exploded to the west, almost reaching the Interstate-5 corridor. The 2004 ...