San Diego fire crews spent more than 11 hours dousing a fire that started late Saturday and burned hundreds of hay bales in a field near the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in the San Pasqual Valley, fire officials said.<\/p>\n
Five San Diego Fire-Rescue engines, three brush rigs and a water tender were dispatched to the scene, with Cal Fire sending two bulldozers to break apart the hay bales, said Capt. Jason Shanley, a fire department spokesperson.<\/p>\n
The fire was reported around 11:20 p.m. Saturday on Old Milky Way near San Pasqual Valley Road. Crews initially thought it was a dumpster fire but when they arrived, they found hay bales burning in the open field, Shanley said. The cause of the fire was not known.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe called in Cal Fire bulldozers to tear them all apart,\u201d Shanley said.<\/p>\n