SAN DIEGO (KGTV) \u2014 The Sorrento Fire ignited on Sunday afternoon, according to Watch Duty. <\/p>\n
The 131-acre fire is burning between Sorrento Valley Boulevard and Carmel Mountain Road. The fire is threatening nearby structures and is 25% contained. Forward progress on the fire has stopped. <\/p>\n
Northbound lanes on Sorrento Valley and Vista Sorrento Parkway are closed, and westbound 1081 Vista Sorrento Pkwy. Please avoid the area. <\/p>\n
All evacuation warnings have now been lifted. Zone SDC-1444 has been split in two: Zone SDC-1444-A remains under an evacuation order. The evacuation order has been lifted for Zone SDC-1444-B, according to the Genasys Evacuation Map<\/a>.<\/p>\n A temporary evacuation point was located at 4161 Eastgate Mall (Mandell Weiss Eastgate Park), but just before 7:30 p.m. Sunday night, all evacuation warnings were lifted.<\/p>\n The cause of the fire is unknown at this time. <\/p>\n The fire was reported around 1:30 p.m. Sunday and grew rapidly during the afternoon, burning 131 acres.<\/p>\n San Diego Fire-Rescue Department Deputy Chief Dan Eddy said crews initially faced difficult access because the fire was burning along a hiking trail, but were able to stop the forward rate of spread within about an hour thanks to the help of multiple aircraft. <\/p>\n \u201cIt’s not somewhere you can ride your car into,\u201d Eddy said. \u201cRemember this is a hiking trail, so we had hard access getting our ground units in there. The aircraft were huge for us today in stopping the forward rate of spread.”<\/p>\n Eddy added that washouts from a previous fire also made it difficult for ground crews to reach the area, making aircraft critical to the initial attack.<\/p>\n Five fixed-wing aircraft are working the fire, with helicopters operating out of Hemet and Ramona. Aircraft are picking up water from a nearby golf course, with a turnaround time of less than three minutes to return to the canyon and make another drop.<\/p>\n Firefighters will continue working overnight to slow the fire, contain hot spots, and prevent it from jumping nearby roads.<\/p>\n