Beaver Fire: San Diego County wildfire reported August 7, 2026
- First discovered
- 2:20 p.m. August 7
- Initial location
- San Diego County, Calif.
- Fire type
- Wildfire
- Fire name
- BEAVER
Fire location & perimeter
A new wildfire was reported on August 7 at 2:20 p.m. in San Diego County, California. The wildfire has been burning on private land. The fire has burned an estimated 20 acres. At this time, there is no information on the containment of the fire and the cause of it remains undetermined.
Fire Information
- Fire name:
- BEAVER
- Acres burned:
- 20
- Containment:
- 0%
- Cause:
- Undetermined
Source: National Interagency Fire Center
Latest updates
Size updated to 20 acres.
Size reported at 5 acres.
Fire now meets coverage threshold (named-fire).
Incident renamed to BEAVER.
New wildfire reported from National Interagency Fire Center data.
Conditions & active alerts near San Diego
- Heat Advisory — Heat Advisory issued August 8 at 4:56AM PDT until August 9 at 8:00PM PDT by NWS San Diego CA
- Forecast
- Sunny
- Temp
- 91°F
- Wind
- 10 mph W
Weather and alerts via the National Weather Service.
Evacuation maps, shelters & official resources
Evacuation & shelters
Official fire sources
FireShield resources
Source: National Interagency Fire Center
This story was generated from automated fire-agency data and published August 7, 2026 at 2:20 PM PDT.
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