UPDATE: An evacuation order has been issued for Ramona residents living along a portion of San Vicente Road as the brush fire grows to 103 acres. Here is what we know:
Evacuations have been ordered along portions of San Vicente RoadA brush fire near Ramona on Wednesday quickly grew to more than 100 acres, prompting evacuation and threatening at least one structure, according to Cal Fire San Diego.
The 103-acre Bunnie Fire started before noon near Chuck Wagon Road and has a"dangerous rate of spread," officials told NBC 7. A very large plume of smoke is hovering above the fire, clearly visible for miles around. Around 12:40 p.m., the San Diego County Sheriff's Department said an evacuation order was in place along portions of San Vicente Road south of Creelman Lane and just past Wildcat Canyon Road. Officials said an evacuation center has been set up at Olive Pierce Middle School on Hanson Lane. Evacuees are being urged to go north on San Vicente Road or south on Barona Road.Sign up for NBC San Diego newsletters.
Shortly after 1 p.m., officials posted the map below; an evacuation order is in place for the purple area, while an evacuation is in place for the box above it surrounded by the purple lines. Very large flames could be seen consuming the small trees, chaparral and brush covering the hillsides, all abundant after the big spring and winter rains in San Diego County.
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