375 Acres Burn at State Park Near Morro Bay

MORRO BAY, Calif. — Firefighters were winning their battle Sunday with a 375-acre brush fire in a state park along the Central Coast as gusty winds and summer-like temperatures spread across the region.

The blaze at Montana De Oro State Park, 10 miles south of Morro Bay, charred dense brush as it crawled through steep hills toward the coast. It was expected to be brought under control today, said fire Capt. Ed Applegate of the California Department of Forestry.

No one was hurt and no buildings were damaged in the fire, which began Saturday morning. The cause is under investigation, Applegate said.

Elsewhere, firefighters mopped up the remains of weekend blazes at Vandenberg Air Force Base, in the northern San Diego County town of Fallbrook, and along the border of Los Angeles and Ventura counties.

Crews around the Southland kept a careful eye out as hot winds scoured the area and record-breaking temperatures were reported for the second day in a row. “When you put these kinds of weather conditions together it can cause a brush or grass fire to spread rather rapidly,” Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Jim Wells said.

The 1,225-acre Vandenburg brush fire was accidentally set Friday by an explosives disposal team that was destroying unusable flares. A spark from one of the flares escaped the safety area and landed in dry brush.

The 60-acre blaze in a rural residential area of Fallbrook was surrounded Sunday evening and full control was expected by today. .

No homes were threatened. The cause of the blaze was believed to be a campfire, said California Department of Forestry fire Capt. Dennis O’Brien.