Students evacuated from California school camp

San Diego Unified School District students were evacuated from a school camp on Palomar Mountain due to a fire Wednesday. Some whose parents could not be reached were taken to stay at a children's center.

SAN DIEGO (San Diego Union Tribune) June 23, 2010 -- San Diego Unified School District students were evacuated from a school camp on Palomar Mountain due to a fire Wednesday.

The blaze was contained to 106 acres, Cal Fire said. Ten homes also were evacuated as a precaution, but no structures were damaged.

"We had a pretty aggressive fire," said a Cal Fire spokesman. The blaze, which was reported about 3:40 p.m. near Magee Road, burned in light fuel at the base of Palomar Mountain. It was contained by 6 p.m.

The fire began directly off the highway, the spokesman said. The cause was being investigated.

A spokesman for the San Diego Unified School District said 210 sixth-grade students were being bused home Wednesday night from Camp Palomar because of smoke from the blaze.

The students are from Logan and Porter elementary schools and Wilson Middle School.

Parents were notified, but any students whose parents could not be reached were going to be taken Wednesday night to stay at the Polinsky Children's Center, he said.

Earlier Wednesday, state Route 76 was closed in both directions between Magee and Pala Mission roads due to the fire.

Four helicopters and four airtankers aided crews on the ground. They were released by 6 p.m. Ground crews remained for several hours.

Link: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jun/23/brush-fire-burning-near-pala/

Source: DHS Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report