Border 18 Fire now fully contained, apparently caused by target shooting

A Cal Fire San Diego truck on a rural road File photo courtesy Cal Fire The -acre Perimeter Fire in Marron Valley near Dulzura was contained on Sunday afternoon Executives announced the cause was determined to be recreational shooting Frontier Fire Final PM The fire is now contained The final acreage burned is Investigators have determined the cause to be shooting When recreational target shooting please take procedures to reduce the threat of starting a wildfire For safety tips pic twitter com SMRxgXSC CAL FIRE San Diego County Fire CALFIRESANDIEGO November The fire began shortly after p m Saturday along Marron Valley Road not far from the U S -Mexico demarcation A second-alarm response and additional air tankers were requested by the happening commander within the first hour Within about minutes the fire had grown to acres Cal Fire commented The fire was declared fully contained shortly after p m Sunday hours after it started according to Cal Fire Air tankers bulldozers engines trucks water tenders and hand crews from throughout the region responded to the fire 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 The agency explained safety tips include shooting in areas free of dry vegetation avoiding shooting on hot windy days and using paper targets or clay pigeons since steel targets and rocks can spark fires Cal Fire also recommends keeping a shovel fire extinguisher and extra water on hand in matter a fire starts More fire safety tips can be determined at readyforwildfire org City News Utility contributed to this summary