The fire was reported at Ted Williams Parkway at Pomerado Road early Monday afternoon.  People were being asked to evacuate in the area of Wilsey Way.

Fire crews were able to stop the forward progress of a 3-acre brush fire in Poway — dubbed the Ted Williams Fire — that broke out just after 1 p.m. Monday near a hiking trail by the intersection of Ted Williams Pkwy and Pomerado Road, just behind the Poway Fire Department Station 3.

Fire crews battled a fast-moving brush fire on Monday afternoon in Poway in San Diego County and stopped the forward rate of spread. Officials and fire crews throughout the region have been on high alert in recent weeks as San Diego Gas & Electric is again enacting Public Safety Power Shutoffs to combat fire danger.

Cal Fire, the Poway Fire Department and San Diego Fire-Rescue converged on the blaze, which had reached 3 acres in size and threatened nearby structures before forward progress was reported to have been stopped around 3 p.

Fire crews are battling a brush fire that broke out Tuesday afternoon off of Friars Road near the Fashion Valley Mall.

Several residents in a San Diego area community are being evacuated as firefighters work to battle a wind-driven brush fire that is threatening homes.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order that he said aims to restore freedom of speech and end censorship, drawing fire from critics who point to his past actions threatening and suing journalists,

The North County Fire Protection District said a total of 86 residents have been displaced by the evacuation orders and at least two structures have been damaged.

A brush fire ignited in Poway near homes but the Poway Fire department and other first responders had stopped the forward progress by 3 p.m.