More than 1,000 firefighters, supported by seven air tankers and nine helicopters, gained about 30 percent containment of the blaze Saturday.įlames were pushed by 5 mph breezes and ridgetop gusts of 20 mph. He could not confirm a Cal Fire report that two cabins were evacuated Saturday. One firefighter suffered a minor injury on Friday.Īs the flames swept eastward for two days, Smith said no homes on the reservation were threatened. Thursday near the Eagles Nest area seven miles due east of Warner Springs, past Camino San Ignacio and Eagles Nest roads on the Los Coyotes Indian Reservation. However, Smith said if wind conditions changed for the worse, flames might threaten the desert community of about 3,400.Ĭampers were evacuated from Borrego Palm Campground and the Borrego Palm Trail was closed in the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Saturday, Smith said. Smith said the weather forecast for Sunday was favorable, with a little more humidity and a few degrees cooler than the 90-degree temperatures with 30 percent humidity seen on Saturday. “The (vegetation) transitions to become more and more sparse toward Borrego Springs, so we believe the fire moving east will slow and stop on its own,” Smith said Saturday night. The National Guard will fly firefighters into remote areas by helicopter Sunday to battle the Eagle fire, which grew to 10,500 acres late Saturday and became visible from Borrego Springs.įlames are expected to keep pushing northeast through steep, rugged terrain dense with brush that hasn’t burned in 80 years, and east to the flat desert, Cal Fire Capt.
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