Three days after a brush fire broke out in Lakeside on Tuesday, another fire started in an unincorporated area near Lakeside on Thursday.
The second fire was located near a residential neighborhood north east of Interstate 8 and Los Coches Road. Evacuations orders were issued as the fire quickly grew from 10 acres, to 25 acres and then to 51 acres as of early Thursday evening when Cal Fire reported that the forward progress of the flames had been stopped. As of 9:30pm, It was 50-percent contained.
Some helicopters that had been fighting the Monte fire that started Tuesday and had burned just over 1,000 acres but was at least 25 percent contained as of late Thursday, were diverted to the new fire that was dubbed the Hawick fire. It was first reported around 2:45 p.m., east of Hawick Drive about 8 miles southeast from the edge of the Monte fire.
Evacuation orders and warnings were issued in both fires. There were no reports of damaged structures. The causes of the fires remained under investigation.
(Photo KOGO News and reporting partner 10News)