LILAC FIRE IN BONSALL SPARKS EVACUATIONS, HOMES BURNED

by ECM | January 21, 2025 4:06 pm

Update 4 p.m.:  Evacuations have been listed and forward spread has been stopped.

Update 11 a.m. — The evacuation center at Castle Creek Golf Course has closed. Evacutees should go to Riverview Church,4980 Sweetgrass Lane in Bonsall.

January 21, 2025 (Bonsall) — The #LilacFire in Bonsall has burned 80 acres and destroyed two homes, with 10% containment.  Mandatory evacuations have been ordered. The fire is burning along Old Highway 395 and North Lilac Rd.

View evacuation areas[1] at the Genaysis mapping site.  An evacuation center is at the Castle Creek Golf Course, 8797 Circle R Drive in Escondido 92026.  Large animals can be taken to the CRC Ranch at 43101 Anza Rd in Temecula – per San Diego Sheriff’s on X[2].

All schools in Bonsall are closed today due to the fire, according to the Bonsall Unified School District.

A second blaze that started overnight, the Pala Fire, is 100% contained at 17 acres. That fire was located west of I-15 and 2 miles north of Highway 76 in Pala.

Firefighters are making good progress on the fire, Cal Fire posted on X. 

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