SAN DIEGO—Firefighters continued Sep. 1 to battle a wildfire that has spread over more than 4,200 acres northwest of Tecate, Mexico, destroying four structures—including at least one home—and injuring three people, two critically.
The blaze, named the Border 32 Fire, was only about 5 percent contained as of 10 a.m. Thursday, according to Cal Fire.
The fire erupted about 2 p.m. Aug. 31 off Barrett Lake Road, near state Route 94 in the Barrett Junction area, roughly three miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
As ground and airborne crews worked to subdue the fast-moving blaze, deputies evacuated residents in the areas of Barrett Smith and Round Potrero roads, and emergency crews shut down a stretch of SR-94 between Forrest Gate Road in Campo and Otay Lakes Road in Dulzura, according to the sheriff’s officials….