Lilac 5 Fire
The Lilac 5 Fire was reported on December 7, 2017 in San Diego County, California and burned 4,100 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 4,100 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- December 7, 2017
- Personnel
- 32
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 33.349, -117.191.
The incident
- Size
- 4,100 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- December 7, 2017 at 11:15 AM PST
- Cause
- Not reported
- Location
- Bonsall, South Fallbrook, East Oceanside
- County
- San Diego County
- State
- California
- Protecting agency
- CDF
- Personnel assigned
- 32
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Chaparral (6 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $12,998,946
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-CAMVU-024612
- IRWIN identifier
- 8822D5B4-E265-4FD2-A2BD-88E4AC044B93
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Fallbrook, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Fallbrook, CA4 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Bonsall, CA5 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Rainbow, CA5 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Camp Pendleton North, CA8 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Hidden Meadows, CA10 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Temecula, CA10 miles north of the fire’s origin
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated December 16, 2017 at 5:31 AM PST. Identifier 2017-CAMVU-024612.