{"id":485366,"date":"2026-10-05T03:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T03:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/485366\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T03:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T03:00:08","slug":"imperial-ave-and-market-st-fires-cause-trolley-closures-nbc-7-san-diego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/485366\/","title":{"rendered":"Imperial Ave and Market St fires cause trolley closures \u2013 NBC 7 San Diego"},"content":{"rendered":"

A pair of vegetation fires burned three acres of land near Imperial Ave. and Market St. Sunday, and threatened structures near Lincoln Park, according to an X post from San Diego Fire Department.<\/p>\n

There were no structures damaged but multiple vehicles were damaged behind a business, according to an X post from SDFD. The fires caused multiple road closures in the surrounding area, SDFD advised to avoid the area in an X post. <\/p>\n

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A fire near Imperial Avenue and Market Street burned multiple vehicles. (NBC 7 San Diego)<\/p>\n

The tracks between the Massachusetts and Euclid Trolley stations were closed due to a nearby fire. A bus shuttle took passengers between the two stations, according to an X post from San Diego MTS. <\/p>\n

#MTSAlert Due to a fire near Orange Line Trolley, tracks are closed between Massachusetts and Euclid Trolley stations. A bus shuttle is taking passengers between those stations. Expect delays this afternoon and into the evening.<\/p>\n

\u2014 San Diego MTS (@sdmts) October 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

The fires were reported late Sunday afternoon, both named the “Market Fire”. SDFD helicopters dropped water alongside ground crews, according to an X post from SDFD. <\/p>\n

One fire was bigger than the other. One spanned about two acres and the other about one, for a total of about three acres burned by both fires, according to SDFD.<\/p>\n

Crews will remain on scene near Imperial and Market St after stopping a pair of vegetation fires covering three acres that threatened structures near Lincoln Park. The #MarketFire was reported late this afternoon, SDFD helicopters immediately responded.. (1\/3) https:\/\/t.co\/w9C5adExJu<\/p>\n

\u2014 SDFD (@SDFD) October 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

At the peak of the fire, around 100 personnel were on the scene, including aid from Chula Vista, National City, San Miguel and Heartland Fire, according to an X post from SDFD. <\/p>\n

The cause of the fires are still under investigation.<\/p>\n

This is a developing story, details may change. Check back for updates. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A pair of vegetation fires burned three acres of land near Imperial Ave. and Market St. Sunday, and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":485367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[175,74,84,76,75],"class_list":["post-485366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-fires","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-county","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485366","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=485366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}