During summer, rattlesnakes typically hide out in brush, under rocks or in holes during the heat of the day and come out late ...

Roy Carmichael, a 66-year-old who lives at the campground in an RV, said he first spotted an orange glow atop Otay Mountain on Thursday night. “We thought everything was going to be OK,” he said.

Roy Carmichael, a 66-year-old who lives at the campground in an RV, said he first spotted an orange glow atop Otay Mountain on Thursday night. “We thought everything was going to be OK,” he said.

Winds out of the east were gusting nearly 30 mph at Otay Mountain and the relative humidity was 2%. And a storm capable of bringing rain to the area won’t arrive until the weekend. Friday is ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Cal Fire crews are battling a brush fire that erupted on Otay Mountain Thursday afternoon, with evacuation orders and warnings in place for surrounding areas.

The blaze broke out for unknown reasons at about 2:30 p.m. in a remote spot near Otay Mountain Truck Trail, about a half-mile west of Doghouse Junction in the northwest portion of the Otay ...

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - An evacuation order remains in effect Wednesday for Otay Mountain-area neighborhoods, as crews work to contain the smoldering remnants of a wildfire that has scorched about 10 ...

The Border 2 Fire was discovered around 2:30 p.m. PT in the Otay Mountain Wilderness Area about 30 miles southeast of the city and just north of the U.S.-Mexico border. As of 7:15 p.m. PT ...

The Border 2 Fire was reported Thursday afternoon. It’s burning in the Otay Mountain Wilderness area. A red flag warning remains in effect until 10 a.m. Friday for parts of Southern California ...

The so-called Border 2 Fire broke out on Otay Mountain around 2:30 p.m. Thursday, according to Cal Fire. It sent a large plume of smoke into the sky that could be seen for miles across San Diego ...

Firefighters announced Thursday they had contained a fire that ignited New Year’s Day in a remote area east of Otay Mountain, a Cal Fire official said. The blaze charred around 25 acres and ...

The blaze erupted for unknown reasons around 12:35 p.m. Saturday near Buttewig Canyon in the South Slope of the Otay Mountain Wilderness and border area, according to an incident report from Cal Fire.