Camp Pendleton brush fire 92 percent contained

CAMP PENDLETON (CNS) – A brush fire burning in the northern reaches of Camp Pendleton was 92 percent contained this morning.

About 1,245 open acres have been blackened since the blaze ignited off Roblar and Case Springs roads Thursday afternoon, according to military andstate fire officials. No structures have been threatened.

The cause of the blaze, dubbed the Roblar Fire, was not immediately clear, though it is not uncommon for fires to be sparked at the Marine base by live-ammunition weapons training....