“A ring has been built around #CreekFire, containing & stopping it from reaching any housing areas. Thank you to everyone for their efforts today, and Merry Christmas,” it said.
The Creek Fire began late Wednesday night near Fallbrook and forced the evacuations of at least 7,000 residents from the community of 30,000 next to Camp Pendleton.
The southwestern part of the state is under a red flag warning — warm, dry, windy conditions — until noon on Thursday. Gusty winds have peaked and will “slowly but surely weaken,” according to the National Weather Service’s San Diego office.
It is common for utility companies to enact a Public Safety Power Shutoff to prevent equipment from sparking fires during such weather conditions.
San Diego Gas & Electric has preemptively shut off power to 6,797 customers while 24,725 customers are under a warning.
Southern California Edison shut off power to 19,216 of its 5 million customers and another 155,368 are under consideration.
No San Diego county customers will be impacted, according to the SCE website.
You may also like
-
UK coronavirus variant has been reported in 86 countries, WHO says
-
NASA technology can help save whale sharks says Australian marine biologist and ECOCEAN founder, Brad Norman
-
California Twentynine Palms: Explosives are missing from the nation’s largest Marine Corps base and an investigation is underway
-
Trump unhappy with his impeachment attorney’s performance, sources say
-
Lunar New Year 2021: Ushering in the Year of the Ox