Lilac Fire initially started 1:19 a.m. Jan. 21 in San Diego County. It has burned 85 acres after being active for 47 hours. As of Thursday midnight, the blaze has been fully contained by a fire crew of three. Investigations into its cause are still ongoing.

The Lilac Fire, one of three brush fires that broke out in San Diego County overnight, has already displaced 86 residents and damaged two structures.

"The fire is growing with a moderate rate of spread and structures are threatened," Cal Fire said as it issued evacuation orders.

Multiple brush fires erupted in San Diego’s North County early Tuesday morning, prompting a fast response from firefighters and mandatory evacuations.

Red flag warnings and high wind warnings were issued across the region on Monday. As of Tuesday morning, the two new fires have been called the Lilac Fire and the Pala Fire. Both started in San Diego County in the early hours of Tuesday. The Lilac Fire was ...

Lilac Fire initially started today at 1:19 a.m. in San Diego County. It has burned 85 acres after being active for 19 hours. A crew of 66 firefighters succeeded in containing 50% of the fire as of Tuesday evening. Investigations into its cause are still ongoing.

The fires come as San Diego County mountains and valleys, along with other parts of Southern California, remain under a red flag warning.

A wind-driven wildfire charred dozens of acres in the sparsely developed northeastern reaches of San Diego County, damaging structures and forcing pre-dawn evacuations before crews could gain the upper hand on the flames Wednesday.

The Palisades and Eaton wildfires also continue burning in the Los Angeles area, leaving parts of Southern California with devastating fire damage.

As firefighters descended on the Lilac Fire in Bonsall early Tuesday, several crews helping battle the blaze were from outside San Diego County and even California, with many hailing from more than 1,

A brush fire that started overnight in the Bonsall area prompted evacuations as it threatened structures in the same area where a 2017 wildfire burned down more than a hundred homes.

A wind-driven wildfire charred dozens of acres in a sparsely developed area south of Pala Mesa on Wednesday, damaging structures and forcing pre-dawn evacuations before crews could gain the upper hand on the flames.