U.S.WILDFIRE UPDATE

Pendleton fire tops 1,000 acres as I-5 reopens to traffic

The blaze began at Camp Pendleton near San Diego, and officials had ordered evacuations as wind and heat built; the freeway reopened, the smoke did not.

On air: Kenji Moonfield and Gloria Vance on Late Night BBN
Published 11:32 PM ET, Thursday, October 15, 2026

Photo: Lance Cpl. Ricardo Hurtado · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN

Photo: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton — Photo: Lance Cpl. Ricardo Hurtado · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN

At a glance

First reported by NBC 7 San Diego: “Camp Pendleton brush fire grows to 1,000+ acres, I-5 reopened after closure”.
Covered on BBN on Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 11:32 PM ET on Late Night BBN, by Kenji Moonfield and Gloria Vance.

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NBC 7 San DiegoCamp Pendleton brush fire grows to 1,000+ acres, I-5 reopened after closure

What BBN said about it

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe Camp Pendleton brush fire has grown past a thousand acres, and Interstate Five is open again after the closure, according to NBC 7 San Diego.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe fire is the one that started on the base and forced evacuations as wind and heat built.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI have covered fires on three continents, and the commute is always the first thing people ask about.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo the freeway is open, but the sky is still doing its own thing.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentYour navigation app says twenty minutes and your lungs say vote no.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorVote no.