Border 2 Fire initially started 1:58 p.m. Jan. 23 in San Diego County. After being active for 47 hours, it has burned 6,624.8 acres, an increase of 125 acres since the last update. A fire crew of 1,177 effectively contained 10% of the fire by Saturday afternoon. The blaze's cause remains under investigation.

Hundreds of firefighters worked to contain the Border 2 Fire after it ignited and quickly grew to thousands of acres from Jan. 23-24.

The fire, which has been named the “Border 2 Fire,” was reported after 2:15 p.m. in the area of Otay Mountain Truck Trail in the Otay Wilderness Area. According to Cal Fire, it is currently 600 acres as of 8:13 p.m., but has a “dangerous rate” of spread. It remains 0% contained Thursday night.