Echo Fire Grows Fast in Jamul With No Containment Overnight
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The Echo Fire ignited at 9:34 p.m. Saturday on Proctor Valley Road in Jamul, in the southeastern corner of San Diego County, and grew to 25 acres in roughly two hours — a pace that prompted a substantial initial-attack response before midnight. As of the last update at 11:48 p.m., the fire stood at zero percent containment.
Cal Fire San Diego deployed 100 firefighters, 13 engines, three water tenders, two bulldozers, and two hand crews to the scene. Aerial tankers flew suppression missions overnight where conditions allowed, though the full picture of containment progress was expected to emerge only at first light Sunday morning.
The cause remains under investigation. Jamul's terrain — brushy, hilly, and laced with natural wind funnels — has a documented fire history, and the Proctor Valley Road corridor can shift from advisory to evacuation order rapidly. As of early Sunday, AlertSanDiego.org had not issued a formal regional evacuation order, but officials urged anyone in the area to keep the Alert San Diego app active and notifications enabled.
The aggressive resource deployment — 100 firefighters on a 25-acre fire — reflects the posture Cal Fire takes when it intends to prevent a manageable incident from becoming a large-scale one. The Mateo Fire on Camp Pendleton had reached full containment just days earlier, giving the region a brief reprieve before this new ignition on the first official weekend of summer. For continuous updates, Cal Fire San Diego's official account is @CALFIRESANDIEGO; official evacuation information is at AlertSanDiego.org.