The blaze erupted for unknown reasons around 12:35 p.m. Saturday near Buttewig Canyon in the South Slope of the Otay Mountain Wilderness and border area, according to an incident report from Cal Fire.

The blaze, named Border 2 Fire, was discovered in the Otay Mountain Wilderness Area, San Diego, at around 2.30 p.m. PT yesterday. But it soon swelled hundreds of acres in size after breezy ...

Cal Fire crews are battling a vegetation fire in the Otay Mountain Wilderness area. The blaze, dubbed the Border Fire, is about two acres in size and burning at a slow rate of speed.

Smugglers working for these organizations often use the remote Otay Mountain Wilderness to avoid being apprehended,” said Aaron M. Heitke, chief patrol agent in the San Diego Sector.

SAN DIEGO — Three men were being treated for gunshot wounds Thursday morning after they were found by Border Patrol agents in the Otay Mountain Wilderness area, authorities said. Around 8:20 a.m ...

Two female migrants, one of whom was pregnant, were rescued last week by Border Patrol agents and the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office after they became stranded in the Otay Mountain Wilderness ...

It was on a typical Saturday Morning for the volunteers of Borderlands Relief Collective. They had hiked the steep rocks of Otay Mountain, leaving crates full of water, canned food, and first aid ...

EAST COUNTY — A group of U.S. Border Patrol agents were shot at earlier this month when they came across a group of suspected migrants in the Otay Mountain Wilderness area in East County ...

The primary access to the mountain range is the 15-mile-long Otay Mountain Truck Trail, a graded dirt roadway slicing longitudinally through the wilderness area but not included within it.

The land is currently part of the Otay Mountain Wilderness, which was created in 199 and sets aside 18,500 acres from development.