San Marcos brushfire stopped after prompting local evacuations
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Skip to content San Marcos Fire Department. Photo credit: OnScene.TV This story has been updated Firefighters in San Marcos stopped the forward progress of a brush fire that threatened structures.
The fire was reported shortly after 3 p.m. Sunday in the 500 block of La Moree Road, that is near the Center For Children And Families at Cal State San Marcos, and was threatening structures in the 200 block of Walnut Hills Drive, near a playground.
Original reporting: timesofsandiego.com.
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