OCEANSIDE, Calif.—A brush fire erupted alongside a stretch of train tracks in Oceanside and moved up an adjacent slope toward some hilltop homes June 29, prompting evacuations, train delays, and road closures but causing no structural damage or injuries.
The blaze broke out about 9:30 a.m. Wednesday off the 2800 block of Industry Street, near Loma Alta Creek and west of El Camino Real, according to police.
Authorities evacuated six houses on Eldean Lane and Skylark Drive as the flames spread uphill through thick vegetation, Oceanside Fire Department Chief Rick Robinson said. A temporary shelter for the displaced people was established at Lincoln Middle School….