CAMPO, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — Firefighters were standing by on the U.S. side of the international border by Campo on Friday afternoon as a brush fire was reported to be burning in Mexico, Cal Fire/San Diego County Fire reports.
Cal Fire San Diego reported at 3:20 p.m. Friday firefighters were being sent to a brush fire burning in Mexico, parallel to the U.S.-Mexico border wall.
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The fire agency said the brush fire was burning at 100 acres at a moderate rate of spread as of Friday afternoon and firefighters were standing by on the U.S. side just east of Campo.
This comes as firefighters have been busy this week battling several brush fires that broke out across the region, including the Border 6 Fire, a brush fire that was burning along the U.S.-Mexico border wall on the Mexico side Monday night also near Campo, along with two fires that have prompted evacuation orders and warnings just miles apart in Lakeside — the Hawick Fire and Monte Fire.
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