A fast-moving wildfire erupted several miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border in the San Diego area, blackening thousands of open acres as ground and airborne crews worked Friday to quell the flames ...

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.

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 winds exploded out of the east, dropping into Gilman Canyon and onto Otay Mountain and interrupting the Farmers Insurance Open golf tournament at Torrey Pines. Santa Ana winds gusted to 91 mph ...

The Border 2 Fire was reported Thursday afternoon. It’s burning in the Otay Mountain Wilderness area. A red flag warning remains in effect until 10 a.m. Friday for parts of Southern California ...

The so-called Border 2 Fire broke out on Otay Mountain around 2:30 p.m. Thursday, according to Cal Fire. It sent a large plume of smoke into the sky that could be seen for miles across San Diego ...

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 rough terrain overnight. The evacuation area ...