Brush fire burns off state Route 78 at edge of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

Smoke rises over Felipe Fire in Shelter Valley Thursday Photo courtesy of Cal Fire San Diego via Alert California A slow-moving brush fire has burned around acres east of Julian according to Cal Fire San Diego The blaze dubbed the Felipe Fire is now approximately acres with a moderate rate of spread Cal Fire declared on social media that it has the foreseen to be an extended attack case There are no reports of structural threats but Caltrans revealed that all lanes of state Path east of San Felipe Road have been closed as firefighters work to extinguish the flames The fire is burning on the western edges of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in the remote society of Shelter Valley