Firefighters make progress in wildfire east of Julian; 50 percent contained

Smoke rises over the Felipe Fire in Shelter Valley on Thursday Photo courtesy of Cal Fire San Diego via Alert California Crews made progress Friday in halting the spread of a wildfire that broke out over remote and rugged high-desert terrain in the eastern reaches of San Diego County blackening dozens of open acres and injuring at least one firefighter The blaze erupted for unknown reasons about p m Thursday near the intersection of San Felipe Road and State Road in the rural Ranchita area east of Julian according to Cal Fire As of p m Thursday the burn area reached acres authorities released Firefighters are making good progress on the fire The fire is now contained and has not grown in size Crews will continue to work through the night and into the next day focusing on extinguishing hotspots and increasing containment Cal Fire disclosed in a report The condition of the injured firefighter was not forthwith available and the cause of the blaze was under probe City News Facility