{"id":435037,"date":"2026-08-17T05:32:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T05:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/435037\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T05:32:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T05:32:13","slug":"forward-progress-stopped-in-vegetation-fire-in-penasquitos-canyon-nbc-7-san-diego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/435037\/","title":{"rendered":"Forward progress stopped in vegetation fire in Pe\u00f1asquitos Canyon \u2013 NBC 7 San Diego"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Forward progress has been stopped on the Sorrento Fire that is burning near the canyon between Sorrento Valley Boulevard and Carmel Mountain Road, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.<\/p>\n<p>There is an <a href=\"https:\/\/protect.genasys.com\/en\/map\/32.922424%2C-117.194676\/alerts\/SDC-1444?campaignId=1531470&amp;selectedAlertId=1531470_US-CA-XSD-SDC-1444&amp;lat=32.9227&amp;lng=-117.1971&amp;z=13.5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">evacuation order for zone SDC-1444<\/a>. The temporary evacuation point is at 4161 Eastgate Mall. <\/p>\n<p>Evacuation warnings had been issued for zones SDC-1399, SDC-1400, SDC-1401, SDC-1442, SDC-1443, SDC-1446, SDC-1492 and SDC-1494, but all have since been lifted.<\/p>\n<p>The San Diego Police closed the following roads:<\/p>\n<p>10800 Vista Sorrento Pkwy<\/p>\n<p>Sorrento Valley Boulevard <\/p>\n<p>Jasmine Crest Lane<\/p>\n<p>Traffic will resume gradually as fire personnel leave, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SanDiegoPD\" rel=\"nofollow\">SDPD said in a post to X.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The fire was first reported at around 1:30 p.m. Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Around 4:40 p.m., the fire was estimated at 131 acres with a moderate rate of spread. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fire.ca.gov\/incidents\/2026\/8\/16\/sorrento-fire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cal Fire San Diego<\/a> was on scene with a fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 54 units and 160 fire personnel were assigned. <\/p>\n<p>The fire is 15 percent contained, and forward rate of spread was stopped around 7 p.m., according to SDFD.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 SORRENTO VALLEY BRUSH FIRE REMINDER <\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd34 MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDERS MEAN LEAVE NOW<\/p>\n<p>Your safety is imminently at risk. If you are in the mandatory zone, evacuate immediately.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udfe1 EVACUATION WARNING Means Prepare to leave. Follow guidance and monitor updates.\ud83d\udccd <\/p>\n<p>\u274c NO DRONES:\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 San Diego Police Department (@SanDiegoPD) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SanDiegoPD\/status\/2089126579314250020?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">August 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Forward progress has been stopped on the Sorrento Fire that is burning near the canyon between Sorrento Valley&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":435038,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[74,76,75,16983],"class_list":["post-435037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-sorrento-valley"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}