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Large Camp Pendleton brush fire sends smoke over SoCal

Coast News wire servicesNovember 3, 2023

November 3, 20230577

CAMP PENDLETON — Firefighters on Nov. 2 continued battling a brush fire that has spread across thousands of open acres at Camp Pendleton, sending a...

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Unattended candle starts fire in Oceanside apartment

Coast News wire servicesNovember 3, 2023November 3, 2023

November 3, 2023November 3, 20230464

OCEANSIDE — An unattended candle on the second story of an Oceanside apartment complex today was blamed for a fire that displaced six residents and...

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No injuries after San Marcos school bus catches fire

Laura PlaceAugust 30, 2023

August 30, 20230771

SAN MARCOS — Five students and a bus driver walked away unscathed after their school bus caught fire Tuesday morning in San Marcos. The incident...

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Ramona wildfire contained to 30%, forces evacuations

Coast News wire servicesAugust 10, 2023August 10, 2023

August 10, 2023August 10, 20230203

RAMONA — A brush fire blackened scores of open acres in the area of Barnett Ranch County Preserve, threatening homes and prompting evacuations as crews...

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Woman arrested on suspicion of starting fire at parents’ Encinitas home

Coast News wire servicesJuly 13, 2023

July 13, 20230755

ENCINITAS — A 42-year-old woman who is the subject of a restraining order and suspected of setting her parents’ home in Encinitas on fire was...

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Oceanside vegetation fire 60% contained, damages home

Coast News wire servicesJuly 10, 2023

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OCEANSIDE — A 21-acre vegetation fire caused minor damage to one home, threatened multiple commercial buildings and was 60% contained, the Oceanside Fire Department said...

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Wife dies in Escondido house fire, husband in critical condition

Coast News wire servicesJune 15, 2023

June 15, 20230621

ESCONDIDO — A woman died and her husband was in the hospital in critical condition today after a fire burned their home in an unincorporated...

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Garage fire spreads to second floor of house in Torrey Pines

Coast News wire servicesMay 15, 2023

May 15, 20230514

REGION — A house fire in the Torrey Pines area, possibly caused by an e-bike charging in the garage, spread from the garage into the...

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E-scooter battery suspected as cause of Carlsbad house fire

Steve PuterskiMarch 8, 2023March 9, 2023

March 8, 2023March 9, 20230869

CARLSBAD — An e-scooter battery is suspected of causing an early morning house fire on March 7 near La Costa and Rancho Santa Fe avenues,...

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UPDATE: Police arrest man on suspicion of starting Carlsbad fire

Steve PuterskiJune 25, 2022June 29, 2022

June 25, 2022June 29, 202215799

UPDATE: The Carlsbad Police made an arrest for arson. Details in the story. CARLSBAD — Area firefighters extinguished a 10-acre vegetation fire after roughly 90...

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Suspect jailed in spate of suspected arson fires in Vista, Oceanside

Coast News wire servicesMay 3, 2022

May 3, 202201039

VISTA — A man detained Monday near the site of a suspicious brush fire in Vista was subsequently jailed on suspicion of maliciously setting the...

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Garage fire in Oceanside displaces 4 residents

Coast News wire servicesMarch 15, 2022

March 15, 20220919

OCEANSIDE — Four adults were displaced overnight after a fire spread from the garage into a home near Marlado Highlands Park. Firefighters responded to a...

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Shirtless man seen leaving area of Encinitas brush fire

Jordan IngramFebruary 12, 2022

February 12, 202201698

ENCINITAS — A shirtless man was captured on cellphone video leaving the area of a small vegetation fire earlier this week near some homeless encampments...

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Oceanside trash fire creates dramatic cloud but little damage

Samantha NelsonFebruary 3, 2022February 15, 2022

February 3, 2022February 15, 20220145

OCEANSIDE – A trash fire near a homeless encampment in Oceanside caused a dramatic display of smoke over the I-5 freeway earlier this month. The...

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Fire burns home of Fletcher, Gonzalez in City Heights

Coast News wire servicesJanuary 12, 2022

January 12, 20220491

REGION — No injuries were reported in a fire this morning at the shared home of San Diego County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher and former Assemblywoman...