OCEANSIDE, Calif. – Firefighters were working to put out a small wildfire in North County on Friday, officials said.
The fire broke out around 12:30 p.m. Friday at Block 4000 on Oceanside Boulevard, just off Corporate Center Drive. oceanside police station.
The fire was extinguished and the advance stopped around 2:15 p.m., officials said.
As of 1 p.m., an OPD spokesperson said the fire was about 1 acre.
OPD said on Twitter that businesses on Block 4000 of Oceanside Boulevard were asked to evacuate as a precaution.Businesses were then allowed to reopen
Eastbound Oceanside Boulevard is closed at Rancho Del Oro, and police are asking drivers to avoid the area while crews fight the fire.
No other information was immediately available.
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