Fire crews extinguish Presidio Park brush fire

Editor’s word: A earlier model of the article contained incorrect details about what space was being threatened and the article has been up to date.

SAN DIEGO (CNS) –  Firefighters knocked down a half-acre vegetation hearth off Taylor Avenue that was threatening the historic San Diego Presidio Sunday.

The fireplace was burning in medium to heavy fuels with a reasonable price of unfold, however firefighters on the scene reported the fireplace had been knocked down at 5:25 p.m. They indicated they might be on the scene for about two hours for mop-up operations.

A full wildland response with a helicopter was began by the San Diego Fireplace-Rescue Division. San Diego Police Division requested to close down Taylor Avenue in each instructions.

Fireplace crews have been checking the Presidio for any injury.

Royal Presidio of San Diego is a historic fort established on Might 14, 1769, by Gaspar de Portol, chief of the primary European land exploration of Alta California.

The Presidio was the primary everlasting European settlement on the Pacific Coast of the present-day United States. As the primary of the presidios and Spanish missions in California, it was the bottom of operations for the Spanish colonization of California.

The related Mission San Diego de Alcal later moved just a few miles away.

Deserted by 1835, the positioning of the unique Presidio lies on a hill inside Presidio Park. The San Diego Presidio was registered as a California Historic Landmark in 1932, then declared a Nationwide Historic Landmark in 1960.

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FOX 5’s Hope Sloop contributed to this report.