Firefighters battle a brushfire off Gilman Drive near UCSD on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (Sandy Huffaker / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)
Photos: San Diego County fires
Photographers K.C. Alfred, Alejandro Tamayo, Meg McLaughlin, Nelvin C. Cepeda and Sandy Huffaker capture the weather and fires across San Diego County on Thursday, January 23, 2025.
High winds kick up dust Thursday during the second round of the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines Golf Course. (Meg McLaughlin / The San Diego Union-Tribune)Officials work to clear a tree branch that fell near fans after a heavy wind gust during the second round of the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines Golf Course on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025 in San Diego, CA. (Meg McLaughlin / The San Diego Union-Tribune)The Otay Mountain fire as seen from Tijunana. (Alejandro Tamayo / The San Diego Union-Tribune)An air tanker drops fire retardant on the Border 2 fire on Otay Mountain on Thursday late afternoon, Jan. 23, 2025. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune)Airplane departing from the Tijuana International Airport with smoke in the background. Otay Mountain fire seen from the hills of Tijuana, Mexico in Hacienda Agua Caliente on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025 in Tijuana, Baja California. (Alejandro Tamayo / The San Diego Union-Tribune)Otay Mountain fire seen from the hills of Tijuana, Mexico in Hacienda Agua Caliente on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025 in Tijuana, Baja California. (Alejandro Tamayo / The San Diego Union-Tribune)Firefighters battle a brushfire off Gilman Drive near UCSD on Thursday Jan. 23, 2025. (Sandy Huffaker / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)Firefighters battle a brushfire off Gilman Drive near UCSD on Thursday Jan. 23, 2025. (Sandy Huffaker / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)Firefighters battle a brushfire off Gilman Drive near UCSD on Thursday Jan. 23, 2025 (Sandy Huffaker / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)A San Diego firefighter sprays water on a fire in La Jolla on Jan. 23. The fire was contained to three acres. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune)A San Diego Fire-Rescue Department helicopter drops water on a hot spot from a fire near Gilman Drive and Via Alicante in La Jolla on Jan. 23. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune)San Diego firefighters battle the “Gilman fire” Jan. 23 in La Jolla. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune)Chula Vista firefighters arrive at a brush fire in La Jolla on Jan. 23. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune)Chula Vista Fire hand crew 1 heads down to clear brush at a vegetation fire on Gilman Drive south of Via Alicante on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. The fire was contained to three acres. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune)Firefighters clear brush out of the path of a fire near Gilman Drive and Via Alicante in La Jolla on Jan. 23. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune)A San Diego Fire-Rescue helicopter drops water on the La Jolla fire Jan. 23. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune)San Diego firefighters battle a vegetation fire on Gilman Drive south of Via Alicante on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune)Andy Wilson of Chula Vista Fire hand crew 1 looks on after a San Diego Fire-Rescue helicopter made a water drop water on a vegetation fire on Gilman Drive south of Via Alicante on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. The fire was contained to three acres. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune)Two Marine Osprey helicopters along the U.S.-Mexico border near Paseo de la Fuente Road at Otay Mesa prepare to lift off on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, in San Diego, CA. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune)A Marine Osprey helicopter lifted off along the U.S.-Mexico border near Paseo de la Fuente Road at Otay Mesa on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, in San Diego, CA. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune)An air tanker drops fire retardant on the Border 2 fire on Otay Mountain on Thursday late afternoon, Jan. 23, 2025. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune)Folks stayed out into the evening to watch the Border 2 fire on Otay Mountain from Mountain Hawk Park in the Eastlake community on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune)Viewing from east Chula Vista, the Border 2 fire on Otay Mountain continued to burn into the evening on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune)The Border 2 fire on Otay Mountain continued to burn into the evening on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune)
