SAN DIEGO (AP) - Mandatory evacuation orders are now in effect for 167 households in Birch Hill near Palomar Mountain.
San Diego County spokeswoman Lesley Kirk says the homes are at risk from the Poomacha Fire, a 20,000-acre blaze on the La Jolla Indian Reservation.
Residents are being advised to go to the Temecula Community Center on Rancho Vista Road in Temecula.