Pendleton fire tops 1,000 acres

Source: UT San Diego

A large fire on Camp Pendleton Saturday afternoon prompted evacuations at the base hospital and some housing, and sent up an enormous plume of black smoke that could be seen halfway across the county.

The blaze broke out about 12:45 p.m. near Lake O’Neil and caused minor damage to four buildings, base officials said. It had charred more than 1,000 acres as of about 7 p.m.

Thirty-two patients were transported to hospitals off base during the fire. No new patients were being accepted late in the afternoon because of a power outage, officials said.

Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside took five intensive care and emergency room patients. Naval Medical Center San Diego, at Balboa Park, had received 17 patients, including surgical and pediatric cases, and mother-child couplets, said Sonja Hanson, public affairs officer for the medical center.

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A plume of smoke is seen from a fire on Camp Pendleton Saturday afternoon. This photo was taken from a hilltop in Vista. Photo by Anthony Carrasco. Anthony Carrasco



Smoke looms over Camp Pendleton's old hospital buildings as fire crews work to snuff out the fire that broke out on the base Saturday afternoon. Courtesy of U.S. Marine Corps