{"id":476791,"date":"2026-09-26T21:14:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T21:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/476791\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T21:14:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T21:14:18","slug":"el-cajon-vegetation-fire-contained-between-old-bend-and-la-cresta-nbc-7-san-diego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/476791\/","title":{"rendered":"El Cajon vegetation fire contained between Old Bend and La Cresta \u2013 NBC 7 San Diego"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An almost one acre vegetation fire was contained by firefighting crews Saturday in the area of Old Bend Road and La Cresta Road in El Cajon, according to an X post by San Diego Sheriff.<\/p>\n<p>The X post said there will be increased law enforcement and firefighting activity in the community of La Cresta. <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/ForesterFire?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#ForesterFire<\/a> If you live in the community of La Cresta, be aware of increased law enforcement and firefighting activity. A brush fire is burning near La Cresta Road and Old Bend Road.<\/p>\n<p>An EVACUATION WARNING is in place for the shaded area in yellow shown in the map below. Be\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YRIN4tk8aW\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/YRIN4tk8aW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 San Diego Sheriff (@SDSheriff) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SDSheriff\/status\/2103934344486363518?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">September 26, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>A temporary evacuation warning was issued and marked the evacuation point to Granite Hills High School, 1719 E Madison Avenue. This was lifted around 1 p.m. according to an X post by SD Sheriff. <\/p>\n<p>The evacuation warning was placed for Zones SDC-1855, SDC-1856, SDC-1858, and SDC-1859, outlined in a map by Genasys Protect and linked on an SD Sheriff&#8217;s X post. <\/p>\n<p>Firefighters responded to a fire in the Granite Hills area of unincorporated El Cajon that broke out at about 11:40 a.m. Saturday at the eastern end of Forester Creek Road near La Cresta Road.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/el-cajon-fire-still-3.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>A firefighter sprays water on a smoking El Cajon hillside. (NBC 7 San Diego)<\/p>\n<p>No structures were damaged and no injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p>Aerial support and some ground units had been released from the fire by 1 p.m., fire officials said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/el-cajon-fire-still.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>San Diego Cal Fire trucks respond to a vegetation fire in El Cajon (NBC 7 San Diego)<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story, details may change. Check back for updates. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An almost one acre vegetation fire was contained by firefighting crews Saturday in the area of Old Bend&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":476792,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[6980,6568,175,74,76,75],"class_list":["post-476791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-cal-fire","tag-el-cajon","tag-fires","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476791","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=476791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/476792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=476791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=476791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=476791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}