SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A brush fire that started in Camp Pendleton Monday afternoon quickly spread to over 650 acres, causing heavy smoke in the area.
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The United States Marine Corps base posted on its official social media account around 3:56 p.m. that the Camp Pendleton Fire Department, Orange County Fire Authority and Cleveland National Forest were responding to a fire at the Quebec training area.
It said that there was heavy smoke in the area, but no threat to personnel or infrastructure at the time.
At 5:17 p.m., Cal Fire reported that the fire, named the Mateo Fire, was 466 acres. At about 7:10 p.m. the fire had grown to 650 acres and was 5% contained…