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On Thursday, news broke that three brush fires in the San Diego, California area started in homeless encampments.
The San Diego Metro Arson Strike Team (MAST) confirmed this news to NBC 7 on Thursday.
ThefiresinquestionweretheFriarsFireinMissionValley,theCenterFireinRanchoBernardoandtheGilmanFireinLaJolla(viaNBCSanDiego):
OnJan.21,abrushfireonahillsideacrossfromFashionValleyMallinMissionValleythreatenedstructuresandpromptedevacuationorders.
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OnJan.22,firefightersrespondedtoabrushfireonamountainsideinRanchoBernardothatthreatenedhomesandinjuredoneperson,accordingtotheSanDiegoFire-RescueDepartment.
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By11a.m.,thefirehadgrownto7acreswithnocontainment,butfirecrewsappearedtohaveanupperhandontheblaze,andsomeresourceswerebeingdispersed.By1p.m.,containmentwasat50%.Allevacuationordersandwarningswereliftedalittlemorethantwohourslater,SanDiegopolicesaid.
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OnJan.23,abrushfirewasburningclosetohomesandquicklypromptedevacuationsinLaJolla.
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Beforethemorethan175respondingfirefightersgotahol
