On October 31, 2024, a helicopter dropped water on the Fairmount Fire while crews worked on the ground in the college area of San Diego.
A fast-moving fire spread near Fairmount and Montezuma roads on Thursday afternoon.
San Diego Fire-Rescue posted on X that several units were on the scene, battling flames in the canyon behind Lucille Drive in the Talmadge and Alvarado Estates area.
According to SDFD spokesperson Jose Yesser, SDSU police and SDFD crews were evacuating homes above the canyon.
A mandatory evacuation order was issued for the following area: south of Alvarado Canyon Road, west of Hewlett Drive, north of Monroe Avenue, and east of Montezuma Road. A map of the evacuation zone is available.
A temporary evacuation point has been established at the Allied Gardens Recreation Center (5155 Greenbriar Ave, San Diego).
A map showing the evacuation areas for the Fairmount Fire in San Diego on October 31, 2024, indicates that the red areas are under mandatory evacuation orders, while the yellow areas have evacuation warnings.
Hardy Elementary School is being evacuated to the Aztec football practice field. Officials stated that parents can use Canyon Crest to pick up their children.
A parent from Hardy Elementary, Bipon Shrestha, said, "We live just a block away, and the fire is right across the street. So my wife and I got in a car with our dog, trying to leave in time, but we couldn’t. Instead, I just grabbed my dog and started walking... I said I would take my son first."
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