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Fire at Camp Pendleton burns 1,115 acres before being put out

The vegetation fire broke out Saturday at the Camp Pendleton Marine Base.
Credit: AlertWildfire.org
Camp Pendleton fire from Oct 2019

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, California — A vegetation fire broke out Saturday in the X-Ray Impact Area at the Camp Pendleton Marine Base.

An update from the base on Sunday morning indicated that the fire was out and mop-up operations would continue. 

The Camp Pendleton Fire Department put out the fire at about 9:30 a.m. Sunday after battling the blaze overnight.

The most recent acreage update at 9:18 p.m. on Saturday put the fire at 1,115 acres within containment lines.

Camp Pendleton Fire Department crews had stopped the forward rate of spread earlier in the day, according to a tweet.

"It poses no threat to anything but smoke will be seen for the remainder of the day," the tweet from the base said.

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