Cal Fire makes quick work of brushfire near Lake Henshaw

The burn area from the Henshaw Fire. (Photo courtesy of Cal Fire) An attack from both the air and on the ground Sunday kept a brush fire to six acres in the community of Lake Henshaw, east of Palomar Mountain. Cal Fire announced at 4:10 p.m. Sunday that the fire was burning in light grasses in the area of East Grade and Highway 76. Firefighters deployed aircraft and ground crews, and by 4:45 p.m., officials announced the fire was holding at around two acres. Officials updated the Henshaw Fire’s size at 6:29 p.m. “due to more accurate mapping,” with six acres burned and the fire 80% contained by lines of cleared vegetation. No injuries or evacuations were reported. The cause of the blaze was not immediately known.