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Trash Fire Near Interstate

I-5 S & Camino del Rio W, Old Town, San Diego

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Resolved· Fire Extinguished

Summary

  • Firefighters are responding to a vegetation fire near Mile 20 on Interstate 5 South in San Diego. Crews have visual confirmation of smoke and are coordinating with police to access the site.

Timeline

Firefighters requested assistance from the highway patrol to manage traffic while they get some more water on remaining hotspots.

SDFD CMD 8G · 0:15
Engine 20, go ahead. We need CHP, 8 westbound to the 5 north. They'll see us. It's a block. We're up top. We're going to need to flow water onto this vegetable fire to put it out out. We need CHP.

The fire has been extinguished. One engine will remain at the scene.

SDFD CMD 8G · 0:18
Metro, Engine 25, Engine 25, go ahead. So, fire's been knocked down. Engine 25 is going to go available. Engine 20 is going to remain on the call and will go available shortly via MDC. Engine 25, copy. Fire knocked down. Engine 20 made it into that scene. Will go available shortly via MDC.

Firefighters confirm the fire is a 10 by 10 pile of rubbish and are working to extinguish it.

SDFD CMD 8G · 0:19
Metro, Engine 25. Engine 25. It's going to be a confirmed, almost a cannon fire. It's about 10 by 10 pile of rubbish. We're working on extinguishing it right now. You're going to get a lot of smoke coming up on the freeway if you have any additional callers.

Radio clips available.

SDFD CMD 8G · 0:07
Go for Engine 25. Sorry, I've been on hold with PD. They have been requesting no ETA at this time. Copy.

Firefighters report a faint glow from the fire and are coordinating with police for access.

SDFD CMD 8G · 0:16
Engine 25. Engine 325, we can see a faint glow in the distance. Do you want to get with the PD if they want to meet us at Pack Highway and underneath the A3 Way? Just stand by until we get here so we can go in there and handle this.

Firefighters have visual confirmation of smoke and are determining the best access point to the fire.

SDFD TAC 8H · 0:19
Engine 2025, go ahead. Yeah, I got eyes on the smoke over here from the bridge. The best access is going to be down here. I'm looking at the map to try to find us a better location. I just want to give you an update. Engine 20 copies. Yeah, we didn't see you sitting on the 5 southbound on-ramp. We're going to circle back around.

Firefighters are approaching the fire from the north and assessing the situation near the interstate.

SDFD TAC 8H · 0:24
Engine 25 on 10. Go ahead for Engine 20. Engine 20, we got on over there, coming from the north. We didn't commit to the 5 south as we saw the smoke just prior. We'll back. We're going to be going under the bridge over there by Perry's Cafe. Let me know if you see anything from up south. We copy. We're going to circle on this 5 south on on-ramp. 25 copies.

Firefighters are responding to a report of a vegetation fire near the interstate.

SDFD DISP 7B · 0:16
and Engine 25. Vegetation fire. 8 Golf, 8 Hotel, X-ray Alpha Golf 3. Interstate 5 SB on ramp. WB82 SB5. Cross streets, Camino del Rio West and Interstate 5 southbound. Engine 20.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at I-5 S & Camino del Rio W.

Firefighters requested assistance from the highway patrol to manage traffic while they get some more water on remaining hotspots.

SDFD CMD 8G · 0:15
Engine 20, go ahead. We need CHP, 8 westbound to the 5 north. They'll see us. It's a block. We're up top. We're going to need to flow water onto this vegetable fire to put it out out. We need CHP.

The fire has been extinguished. One engine will remain at the scene.

SDFD CMD 8G · 0:18
Metro, Engine 25, Engine 25, go ahead. So, fire's been knocked down. Engine 25 is going to go available. Engine 20 is going to remain on the call and will go available shortly via MDC. Engine 25, copy. Fire knocked down. Engine 20 made it into that scene. Will go available shortly via MDC.

Firefighters confirm the fire is a 10 by 10 pile of rubbish and are working to extinguish it.

SDFD CMD 8G · 0:19
Metro, Engine 25. Engine 25. It's going to be a confirmed, almost a cannon fire. It's about 10 by 10 pile of rubbish. We're working on extinguishing it right now. You're going to get a lot of smoke coming up on the freeway if you have any additional callers.

Radio clips available.

SDFD CMD 8G · 0:07
Go for Engine 25. Sorry, I've been on hold with PD. They have been requesting no ETA at this time. Copy.

Firefighters report a faint glow from the fire and are coordinating with police for access.

SDFD CMD 8G · 0:16
Engine 25. Engine 325, we can see a faint glow in the distance. Do you want to get with the PD if they want to meet us at Pack Highway and underneath the A3 Way? Just stand by until we get here so we can go in there and handle this.

Firefighters have visual confirmation of smoke and are determining the best access point to the fire.

SDFD TAC 8H · 0:19
Engine 2025, go ahead. Yeah, I got eyes on the smoke over here from the bridge. The best access is going to be down here. I'm looking at the map to try to find us a better location. I just want to give you an update. Engine 20 copies. Yeah, we didn't see you sitting on the 5 southbound on-ramp. We're going to circle back around.

Firefighters are approaching the fire from the north and assessing the situation near the interstate.

SDFD TAC 8H · 0:24
Engine 25 on 10. Go ahead for Engine 20. Engine 20, we got on over there, coming from the north. We didn't commit to the 5 south as we saw the smoke just prior. We'll back. We're going to be going under the bridge over there by Perry's Cafe. Let me know if you see anything from up south. We copy. We're going to circle on this 5 south on on-ramp. 25 copies.

Firefighters are responding to a report of a vegetation fire near the interstate.

SDFD DISP 7B · 0:16
and Engine 25. Vegetation fire. 8 Golf, 8 Hotel, X-ray Alpha Golf 3. Interstate 5 SB on ramp. WB82 SB5. Cross streets, Camino del Rio West and Interstate 5 southbound. Engine 20.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at I-5 S & Camino del Rio W.

Firefighters requested assistance from the highway patrol to manage traffic while they get some more water on remaining hotspots.

SDFD CMD 8G · 0:15
Engine 20, go ahead. We need CHP, 8 westbound to the 5 north. They'll see us. It's a block. We're up top. We're going to need to flow water onto this vegetable fire to put it out out. We need CHP.

The fire has been extinguished. One engine will remain at the scene.

SDFD CMD 8G · 0:18
Metro, Engine 25, Engine 25, go ahead. So, fire's been knocked down. Engine 25 is going to go available. Engine 20 is going to remain on the call and will go available shortly via MDC. Engine 25, copy. Fire knocked down. Engine 20 made it into that scene. Will go available shortly via MDC.

Firefighters confirm the fire is a 10 by 10 pile of rubbish and are working to extinguish it.

SDFD CMD 8G · 0:19
Metro, Engine 25. Engine 25. It's going to be a confirmed, almost a cannon fire. It's about 10 by 10 pile of rubbish. We're working on extinguishing it right now. You're going to get a lot of smoke coming up on the freeway if you have any additional callers.

Radio clips available.

SDFD CMD 8G · 0:07
Go for Engine 25. Sorry, I've been on hold with PD. They have been requesting no ETA at this time. Copy.

Firefighters report a faint glow from the fire and are coordinating with police for access.

SDFD CMD 8G · 0:16
Engine 25. Engine 325, we can see a faint glow in the distance. Do you want to get with the PD if they want to meet us at Pack Highway and underneath the A3 Way? Just stand by until we get here so we can go in there and handle this.

Firefighters have visual confirmation of smoke and are determining the best access point to the fire.

SDFD TAC 8H · 0:19
Engine 2025, go ahead. Yeah, I got eyes on the smoke over here from the bridge. The best access is going to be down here. I'm looking at the map to try to find us a better location. I just want to give you an update. Engine 20 copies. Yeah, we didn't see you sitting on the 5 southbound on-ramp. We're going to circle back around.

Firefighters are approaching the fire from the north and assessing the situation near the interstate.

SDFD TAC 8H · 0:24
Engine 25 on 10. Go ahead for Engine 20. Engine 20, we got on over there, coming from the north. We didn't commit to the 5 south as we saw the smoke just prior. We'll back. We're going to be going under the bridge over there by Perry's Cafe. Let me know if you see anything from up south. We copy. We're going to circle on this 5 south on on-ramp. 25 copies.

Firefighters are responding to a report of a vegetation fire near the interstate.

SDFD DISP 7B · 0:16
and Engine 25. Vegetation fire. 8 Golf, 8 Hotel, X-ray Alpha Golf 3. Interstate 5 SB on ramp. WB82 SB5. Cross streets, Camino del Rio West and Interstate 5 southbound. Engine 20.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at I-5 S & Camino del Rio W.

Firefighters requested assistance from the highway patrol to manage traffic while they get some more water on remaining hotspots.

SDFD CMD 8G · 0:15
Engine 20, go ahead. We need CHP, 8 westbound to the 5 north. They'll see us. It's a block. We're up top. We're going to need to flow water onto this vegetable fire to put it out out. We need CHP.

The fire has been extinguished. One engine will remain at the scene.

SDFD CMD 8G · 0:18
Metro, Engine 25, Engine 25, go ahead. So, fire's been knocked down. Engine 25 is going to go available. Engine 20 is going to remain on the call and will go available shortly via MDC. Engine 25, copy. Fire knocked down. Engine 20 made it into that scene. Will go available shortly via MDC.

Firefighters confirm the fire is a 10 by 10 pile of rubbish and are working to extinguish it.

SDFD CMD 8G · 0:19
Metro, Engine 25. Engine 25. It's going to be a confirmed, almost a cannon fire. It's about 10 by 10 pile of rubbish. We're working on extinguishing it right now. You're going to get a lot of smoke coming up on the freeway if you have any additional callers.

Radio clips available.

SDFD CMD 8G · 0:07
Go for Engine 25. Sorry, I've been on hold with PD. They have been requesting no ETA at this time. Copy.

Firefighters report a faint glow from the fire and are coordinating with police for access.

SDFD CMD 8G · 0:16
Engine 25. Engine 325, we can see a faint glow in the distance. Do you want to get with the PD if they want to meet us at Pack Highway and underneath the A3 Way? Just stand by until we get here so we can go in there and handle this.

Firefighters have visual confirmation of smoke and are determining the best access point to the fire.

SDFD TAC 8H · 0:19
Engine 2025, go ahead. Yeah, I got eyes on the smoke over here from the bridge. The best access is going to be down here. I'm looking at the map to try to find us a better location. I just want to give you an update. Engine 20 copies. Yeah, we didn't see you sitting on the 5 southbound on-ramp. We're going to circle back around.

Firefighters are approaching the fire from the north and assessing the situation near the interstate.

SDFD TAC 8H · 0:24
Engine 25 on 10. Go ahead for Engine 20. Engine 20, we got on over there, coming from the north. We didn't commit to the 5 south as we saw the smoke just prior. We'll back. We're going to be going under the bridge over there by Perry's Cafe. Let me know if you see anything from up south. We copy. We're going to circle on this 5 south on on-ramp. 25 copies.

Firefighters are responding to a report of a vegetation fire near the interstate.

SDFD DISP 7B · 0:16
and Engine 25. Vegetation fire. 8 Golf, 8 Hotel, X-ray Alpha Golf 3. Interstate 5 SB on ramp. WB82 SB5. Cross streets, Camino del Rio West and Interstate 5 southbound. Engine 20.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at I-5 S & Camino del Rio W.

Firefighters requested assistance from the highway patrol to manage traffic while they get some more water on remaining hotspots.

SDFD CMD 8G · 0:15
Engine 20, go ahead. We need CHP, 8 westbound to the 5 north. They'll see us. It's a block. We're up top. We're going to need to flow water onto this vegetable fire to put it out out. We need CHP.

The fire has been extinguished. One engine will remain at the scene.

SDFD CMD 8G · 0:18
Metro, Engine 25, Engine 25, go ahead. So, fire's been knocked down. Engine 25 is going to go available. Engine 20 is going to remain on the call and will go available shortly via MDC. Engine 25, copy. Fire knocked down. Engine 20 made it into that scene. Will go available shortly via MDC.

Firefighters confirm the fire is a 10 by 10 pile of rubbish and are working to extinguish it.

SDFD CMD 8G · 0:19
Metro, Engine 25. Engine 25. It's going to be a confirmed, almost a cannon fire. It's about 10 by 10 pile of rubbish. We're working on extinguishing it right now. You're going to get a lot of smoke coming up on the freeway if you have any additional callers.

Radio clips available.

SDFD CMD 8G · 0:07
Go for Engine 25. Sorry, I've been on hold with PD. They have been requesting no ETA at this time. Copy.

Firefighters report a faint glow from the fire and are coordinating with police for access.

SDFD CMD 8G · 0:16
Engine 25. Engine 325, we can see a faint glow in the distance. Do you want to get with the PD if they want to meet us at Pack Highway and underneath the A3 Way? Just stand by until we get here so we can go in there and handle this.

Firefighters have visual confirmation of smoke and are determining the best access point to the fire.

SDFD TAC 8H · 0:19
Engine 2025, go ahead. Yeah, I got eyes on the smoke over here from the bridge. The best access is going to be down here. I'm looking at the map to try to find us a better location. I just want to give you an update. Engine 20 copies. Yeah, we didn't see you sitting on the 5 southbound on-ramp. We're going to circle back around.

Firefighters are approaching the fire from the north and assessing the situation near the interstate.

SDFD TAC 8H · 0:24
Engine 25 on 10. Go ahead for Engine 20. Engine 20, we got on over there, coming from the north. We didn't commit to the 5 south as we saw the smoke just prior. We'll back. We're going to be going under the bridge over there by Perry's Cafe. Let me know if you see anything from up south. We copy. We're going to circle on this 5 south on on-ramp. 25 copies.

Firefighters are responding to a report of a vegetation fire near the interstate.

SDFD DISP 7B · 0:16
and Engine 25. Vegetation fire. 8 Golf, 8 Hotel, X-ray Alpha Golf 3. Interstate 5 SB on ramp. WB82 SB5. Cross streets, Camino del Rio West and Interstate 5 southbound. Engine 20.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at I-5 S & Camino del Rio W.

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