Brush fire east of Pala resort burns more than 30 acres, prompts evacuations

A view of the Henderson Fire near Pala as captured by the Alert California system Photo courtesy of Cal Fire San Diego Firefighters are working to extinguish a growing brush fire that erupted north of state Highway and east of Interstate in North County according to Cal Fire Evacuations have been ordered after flames were disclosed before p m burning in grass and brush with a moderate rate of spread east of the Pala Casino Spa Resort off Henderson Road According to the nonprofit fire monitoring arrangement Watch Duty helicopters and fixed-wing tankers have responded to the scene where by p m the burn area had increased to between and acres with flames Structural threats were realizable Watch Duty announced City News Function contributed to this statement