Border 18 Fire continues to burn in Marron Valley area

San Diego County Fire truck File photo courtesy Cal Fire Containment of a wildfire in the Marron Valley area near Dulzura remains at on Sunday The acreage burned grew slightly overnight from to acres CalFire commented The Perimeter Fire began shortly after p m Saturday along Marron Valley Road in backcountry not far from the U S -Mexico territory line A second-alarm response and four additional air tankers were requested by the episode commander at p m By p m the estimated acreage grew to acres according to radio traffic from the affair commander Ten minutes later it was estimated at acres By p m the fire remained at acres with containment Firefighters were focused on clearing a containment line of vegetation around the perimeter of the fire Air tankers bulldozers engines trucks water tenders and hand crews from throughout the region were responding Then at p m fire administrators shared good progress at clearing a line of vegetation around the flames growing containment to Two injuries were stated from the scene An ambulance was called to respond to someone with a scorpion sting and another with a knee injury according to radio traffic Firefighters were staging at the South Bay Rod Gun Club on Marron Valley Road