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Lakeside, Scripps Ranch Fires Quickly Knocked Down

Smoke from a El Cajon trailer park is seen, May 14, 2014.
Susan Murphy
Smoke from a El Cajon trailer park is seen, May 14, 2014.

Lakeside Fire District posted to its Tumblr account this photo of a vegetation fire burning near Aurora Drive and I-8 Business, May 14, 2014.
Lakeside Fire District Tumblr
Lakeside Fire District posted to its Tumblr account this photo of a vegetation fire burning near Aurora Drive and I-8 Business, May 14, 2014.

A wildfire on a Lakeside-area hillside Wednesday briefly threatened homes until crews gained the upper hand on the flames.

The non-injury blaze erupted shortly before 5 p.m. off Olde Highway 80, near Amelia Drive, and prompted officials to urge more than 1,300 area households to evacuate as the flames moved toward mobile homes and other residences.

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Evacuated residents were allowed to head home around 7:30 p.m, and the temporary evacuation site at El Capitan High School was shut down, sheriff's officials said.

No structural damage was reported.

Firefighters also extinguished a small brush fire off Scripps Ranch Boulevard, near Canyon Lake Drive, in Scripps Ranch, San Diego police said.

By 6 p.m., San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer had tweeted from his personal account that the fire was out.

No structural damage or injuries were reported.

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