Smith said the weather forecast for Sunday was favorable, with a little more humidity and a few degrees cooler than the 90-degree temperatures with 30 percent humidity seen on Saturday. “The (vegetation) transitions to become more and more sparse toward Borrego Springs, so we believe the fire moving east will slow and stop on its own,” Smith said Saturday night. The National Guard will fly firefighters into remote areas by helicopter Sunday to battle the Eagle fire, which grew to 10,500 acres late Saturday and became visible from Borrego Springs.įlames are expected to keep pushing northeast through steep, rugged terrain dense with brush that hasn’t burned in 80 years, and east to the flat desert, Cal Fire Capt.
