The blaze broke out for unknown reasons shortly before 3 p.m. Thursday in hilly terrain off Corte Claro and Camino Minero, near the western San Marcos city limits, Carlsbad Fire Department ...

Evacuations lifted as crews stop forward progress of Carlsbad brush fire The Claro Fire sparked in a canyon near Corte Claro and Paseo Encino before 3 p.m., sending large plumes of smoke into the sky.