Firefighters had the 6,625-acre blaze 74% contained Tuesday, according to Cal Fire. There were still scattered sections of ...

A fire in the hills near the U.S.-Mexico border that burned for nearly a week and charred more than 6,600 acres was declared ...

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

The blaze broke out for unknown reasons at about 2:30 p.m. in a remote spot near Otay Mountain Truck Trail, about a half-mile west of Doghouse Junction in the northwest portion of the Otay ...

Roy Carmichael, a 66-year-old who lives at the campground in an RV, said he first spotted an orange glow atop Otay Mountain on Thursday night. “We thought everything was going to be OK,” he said.

The Border 2 Fire was reported Thursday afternoon. It’s burning in the Otay Mountain Wilderness area. A red flag warning ...