Cal Fire to suspend burn permits in San Diego and Imperial counties

EL CAJON – As the state and region continue the march toward summer and critical burn conditions, Cal Fire San Diego is suspending all burn permits for outdoor residential burning within the State Responsibility Area of San Diego and Imperial counties.

This suspension took effect Tuesday, June 8, and bans all residential outdoor burning of landscape debris such as branches and leaves. Since Jan. 1 of this year, Cal Fire and firefighters across the state have responded to over 1,700 wildfires, outpacing the 1,013 fires over the same time period last year.

“This year, there have already been rou...