Small brush fires burn on Camp Pendleton with no danger to base or personnel

U S Navy MH- Sea Hawk with Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron from Naval Air Station North Island takes part in the annual Cory Iverson Wildland Firefighting exercise at Las Pulgas Lake at Camp Pendleton on May U S Marine Corps photo by Cpl Jacqueline Akamelu Two small brush fires erupted Friday on the grounds of Camp Pendleton but burned far from any structures leaders announced The blazes in the northwestern reaches of the Marine base were published around midday but deep in training areas stated Capt James Sartain a Camp Pendleton spokesman As of early afternoon one of the fires had burned about five acres and the other roughly an acre and a half according to the wildfire-information institution Watch Duty There is no impact or anticipated impact to the installation or personnel at this time Sartain commented at p m