Camp Pendleton issued a mandatory evacuation for DeLuz Housing, Wounded Warrior Battalion, and Lake O’Neile Campground because of the fire near Naval Weapons station – Fallbrook.
The Creek Fire, which broke out near Fallbrook late Wednesday evening, forced evacuations of at least 7,000 residents.
The southwestern part of the state will be under a red flag until Thursday noon – warm, dry, windy conditions.
Gusts have peaked and will “slowly but surely weaken,” said the National Weather Service San Diego
It is common for utility companies to perform a Public Safety Power Shutdown (PSPS) to prevent equipment from causing a fire during such weather conditions.
The utility company San Diego Gas & Electric (SDGE) has preemptively cut power to 6,797 customers, while 24,725 customers have a warning.
Southern California Edison (SCE) has cut power to 19,216 of its 5 million customers and another 155,368 are under consideration. According to the SCE website, no customers in the San Diego area will be affected.