A brush fire near Fashion Valley Mall raced up the hillside towards homes, damaging one building. NBC 7’s Shandel Menezes ...

Fire crews are battling a brush fire that broke out Tuesday afternoon off of Friars Road near the Fashion Valley Mall.

A mandatory evacuation order was issued Tuesday afternoon after a new brush fire, named the "Friars Fire," broke out near ...

Around midday, news of the Friars Fire broke out in the 7000 block of Friars Road, a heavily populated section of Mission ...

Fire crews will remain in the area through the evening to mop up any hot spots as evacuation orders were lifted at 4 p.m.

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Brush fire reported shortly after noon along Friars Road west of SR-163. Homes west of Ulric Street under evacuation order ...