Editor’s note: The news of the wildfires in California on Thursday, January 23 is captured in this file. Check out USA TODAY’s coverage of the fires.
On Friday, January 24 for the most recent information. SAN DIEGO In the face of unrelenting Santa Ana winds and bone-dry conditions.
That have kept Southern California on high alert for more than two weeks, firefighters fought two new fires near San Diego on Thursday in addition to a fast-moving fire.
In northern Los Angeles County that forced thousands to evacuate their homes and closed schools. At one time, the Gilman Fire threatened the affluent coastal enclave of La Jolla,
Which is approximately 12 miles northwest of San Diego, prompting evacuation orders and warnings to be issued Thursday afternoon.