September 18, 2010 (Spring Valley) 2:15 p.m. -- The Jamacha Fire which started around 12:30 today is now 50 acres and forward spread is halted, Chief August Ghio of San Miguel Fire reports. One home has been damaged. "We have halted evacuations," Ghio told East County Magazine's editor, who was at the scene, "and we hope to begin letting people back into the area soon." Anxious residents at Lamplighter Village Mobilehome Park in Spring Valley watched as flames encroached just behind the complex and engulfed a portion of Otay Mountain. Smoke was visible throughout much of East County. Approximately 80 firefighers, 3 helicopters and 2 fixed-wing aircraft are on scene battling the blaze
Kimberlee Quarles 619-987-5143
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