BunnieFire UPDATE: All evacuation orders have been lifted but partial road closures are still in place.
All evacuation orders lifted at 8:20 p.m.
Evacuation orders forced by a brush fire that sparked near homes Wednesday in Ramona have been canceled, according to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department. The 184-acre Bunnie Fire was first reported around 11:20 a.m. near Chuck Wagon and San Vicente roads. Ninety minutes later, Cal Fire was saying it was advancing at a"dangerous rate of spread." A very large plume of smoke hovered above the fire, clearly visible for miles around.
As of 2:30 p.m., officials said that, although personnel had yet to establish any containment of the blaze, firefighters had slowed its spread"significantly" but cautioned that the blaze was still active and that a threat to structures persisted.Sign up for NBC San Diego newsletters.An evacuation order was first announced shortly after 12:30, sheriff's department saying it was in place along portions of San Vicente Road south of Creelman Lane and just past Wildcat Canyon Road.
Portions of San Vicente Road and Wildcat Canyon Road were closed for much of the day. Wildcat Canyon reopened at around 5 p.m. and San Vicente reopened to Ramona residents only at around 8:20 p.m., the sheriff's department said.
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