A brush fire sparked on Mount Laguna Wednesday afternoon. Crews with the Cleveland National Forest were first called to the area along Sunrise Highway near the Penny Pines Trailhead just before 2 p.m. As SkyRanger 7 approached the scene at 2:45 p.m., a light gray smoke plume could be seen rising above San Diego County's mountain range.

No structures were threatened as of 2:30 p.m. Wednesday as firefighters attacked the brush fire from the ground and sky, per the Forest Service.

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Firefighters responded to a brush fire burning near Mt. Laguna in East County Wednesday afternoon. According to Cal Fire, the fire — dubbed the Penny Fire — was ...