UPDATE: The Bunnie Fire, which sparked in Ramona Wednesday morning forcing evacuation orders and road closures in the area, is 100% contained as of Friday night, according to Cal Fire.
Ground crews were on the scene, and firefighting aircraft — likely based at the Ramona Air Attack Base nearby — dropping retardant and water battled the blaze, which is in fairly hilly terrain with large amounts of fuel for it to spread.
"We have air resources based out of Ramona and Gillespie [Field, in El Cajon]. so very short flight time for them," Cal Fire Capt. Michael Cornett said at a news conference at around 2:30."Those are the air tankers and helicopters. We also sent a large ground-resource request in from all over the county, including San Diego city, some from North County, Forest Service and San Diego County Fire Department.
The fire was 30% contained Thursday morning and crews continued to work to ensure hot spots were tempered. Cal Fire usually names brush fires for nearby geographic locations; in this case, likely for Bunnie King Lane, which is off San Vicente Road.
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