What to Know: Sandia Fire
- Total acreage: 24 acres
- Location: Sandia Creek Road, De Luz
- Containment: 10%
- Evacuations: Warnings were lifted shortly after 6 p.m.
Firefighters were called out on Tuesday afternoon after smoke and flames were spotted in the North County community of De Luz, but by 7 p.m., firefighters had stopped the spread and had 10% containment on the brush fire.
The Sandia Fire was burning on Sandia Creek Road, west of Doville Ranch Road and Lynda Lane, in “a remote area with difficult access” just south of Riverside County.
Updates offered shortly after 5 p.m. offered conflicting pictures of efforts to fight the fire: Evacuation warnings were issued at 5:22 for Zones SDC-0022 & SDC-0023 on the Genasys Evacuation Map, but 10 minutes later, officials said a very-large air tanker had been released by authorities coordinating the air attack.
Good news came, though, about an hour later, when officials lifted those evacuation warnings and released all the air tankers that had been assigned…