Border 2 Fire
The Border 2 Fire was reported on January 23, 2025 in San Diego County, California and burned 6,625 acres. It was fully contained on January 28, 2025.
- Size
- 6,625 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- January 23, 2025
- Personnel
- 1,085
Map
Perimeter mapped January 21, 2026 at 5:43 PM PST, 6,630 acres (hand sketch). Point of origin 32.601, -116.841.
The incident
- Size
- 6,625 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- January 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM PST
- Contained
- January 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM PST
- Controlled
- January 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM PST
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- Otay Mountain Area
- County
- San Diego County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Chula Vista
- Protecting agency
- CAL FIRE
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 1,085
- Incident management
- Type 1 Team, Type 1 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Chaparral (6 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $18,285,706
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-CASDU-001643
- IRWIN identifier
- 386EBECF-AF18-442D-B5D9-E2772B91914A
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from March 31, 2025 (6,625 acres) to January 21, 2026 (6,630 acres). The largest one-day growth was 5 acres, mapped January 20, 2026.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | 6,625 | |
| January 20, 2026 | 6,630 | +5 |
| January 21, 2026 | 6,630 | 0 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Jamul, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Jamul, CA8 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Rancho San Diego, CA11 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Bonita, CA12 miles west of the fire’s origin
- La Presa, CA12 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Casa de Oro-Mount Helix, CA14 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Spring Valley, CA14 miles northwest 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 January 21, 2026 at 5:44 PM PST. Identifier 2025-CASDU-001643.