<p>Authorities issued evacuations orders in the Otay Wilderness Area and evacuation warnings to nearby areas early Friday morning as <a href="https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/01/23/evacuations-ordered-as-fire-sparks-near-uc-san-diego/">a wildfire</a> grew to at least 800 acres.</p><p>The evacuation area for the Border 2 fire is a large swath stretching east to Route 94 and west to Lower Otay Lake. It includes the Otay Open Space Preserve.</p><p>The evacuation warning area includes neighborhoods west of the lake and the Olympic Training Center.</p><p>Sheriff's officials said a temporary evacuation point is at Regal Edwards Cinemas Rancho San Diego, located at 2951 Jamacha Road in El Cajon.</p><p>About 2:15 a.m., Cal Fire tweeted that the fire was at 800 acres "with long range spotting and extreme fire behavior." It was first posted to social media by Cal Fire at 2:23 p.m. as "a vegetation fire near Otay Mountain Truck Trail located within the Otay Wilderness Area."</p><p>For a map with updated emergency evacuation information visit: <a href="https://emergencymap.sandiegocounty.gov/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">OES Emergency Map</a></p><p><img class="size-article_inline lazyautosizes lazyload" src="https://i0.wp.com/wpdash.medianewsgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SUT-L-BORDER-FIRE-3-01.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&ssl=1" sizes="473px" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/wpdash.medianewsgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SUT-L-BORDER-FIRE-3-01.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&ssl=1 620w,https://i0.wp.com/wpdash.medianewsgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SUT-L-BORDER-FIRE-3-01.jpg?fit=780%2C9999px&ssl=1 780w,https://i0.wp.com/wpdash.medianewsgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SUT-L-BORDER-FIRE-3-01.jpg?fit=810%2C9999px&ssl=1 810w,https://i0.wp.com/wpdash.medianewsgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SUT-L-BORDER-FIRE-3-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C9999px&ssl=1 1280w,https://i0.wp.com/wpdash.medianewsgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SUT-L-BORDER-FIRE-3-01.jpg?fit=1860%2C9999px&ssl=1 1860w" alt="Officials issued an evacuation order and an evacuation warning at early Friday. The warning area is in yellow and the evacuation order is in red. (Cal Fire)" width="1486" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://i0.wp.com/wpdash.medianewsgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SUT-L-BORDER-FIRE-3-01.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&ssl=1" data-attachment-id="7624050" data-srcset="https://i0.wp.com/wpdash.medianewsgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SUT-L-BORDER-FIRE-3-01.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&ssl=1 620w,https://i0.wp.com/wpdash.medianewsgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SUT-L-BORDER-FIRE-3-01.jpg?fit=780%2C9999px&ssl=1 780w,https://i0.wp.com/wpdash.medianewsgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SUT-L-BORDER-FIRE-3-01.jpg?fit=810%2C9999px&ssl=1 810w,https://i0.wp.com/wpdash.medianewsgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SUT-L-BORDER-FIRE-3-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C9999px&ssl=1 1280w,https://i0.wp.com/wpdash.medianewsgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SUT-L-BORDER-FIRE-3-01.jpg?fit=1860%2C9999px&ssl=1 1860w" /> Officials issued an evacuation order and an evacuation warning at early Friday. The warning area is in yellow and the evacuation order is in red. (Cal Fire)</p>