Spectators tour a U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet during the 2023 Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Airshow in San Diego, Sept. 23, 2023. (Staff Sgt. Dana Beesley/U.S. Marine Corps)
(Tribune News Service) — The Miramar Air Show was briefly interrupted Saturday when a small brush fire broke out near the Marine Corps Air Station off Interstate 15, officials said.
The fire broke out around 2 p.m. and briefly halted traffic along state Route 163, before it was extinguished, according to San Diego Fire-Rescue.
It was limited to about 1.5 acres and no damage was reported. The air show went on as scheduled a short time later.
The cause of the fire was not immediately known and the no injuries were reported.
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