The Cocos fire burns in the hills above Cal State San Marcos on Thursday. The fire had burned 2,520 acres and was considered 70% contained by Saturday. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Smoke billows above the Cal State San Marcos campus as water-dropping helicopters battle the Cocos fire. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Hot spots continue to burn beside a charred vehicle along Crestwind Spur Road in San Marcos. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
A firefighting airplane drops fire retardant on burning brush along Crestwind Spur Road in San Marcos. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
The Cocos fire burns in the hills above Cal State San Marcos on Thursday. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
A charred sign sits beside a driveway in San Marcos, where the Cocos fire continues to burn. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Fire consumes a hillside above La Moree Road in San Marcos as crews continue to battle the Cocos fire. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
A hillside blaze approaches a residence in San Marcos on Wednesday. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
An airplane makes a fire retardant drop on a burning hill near in a fire that burned nearly 2,000 acres in northern San Diego County in May 2014. A 14-year-old girl convicted of starting the fire was sentenced Wednesday to 400 hours of community service.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
A heavy plume of smoke fills the sky as fire burns around San Marcos. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)
A firefighters carries a shovel on Coronado Hills Drive in San Marcos as crews continue to battle the Cocos fire. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Ijiran Bambao evacuates his neighborhood in San Marcos as smoke billows above the hills Wednesday. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
A wildfire burns along the hillsides on Wednesday in San Marcos. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
San Diego County sheriff’s deputies monitor traffic in San Marcos as a wildfire burns along the hillsides on Wednesday. Multiple fires across Southern California damaged or destroyed more than a dozen homes. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
A wildfire burns in the hillsides Wednesday in San Marcos. Multiple fires across Southern California damaged or destroyed more than a dozen homes. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
A wildfire approaches homes Wednesday afternoon in San Marcos. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
A wildfire burns along the hillsides on Wednesday in San Marcos. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Fire burns above the hills in San Marcos. Multiple brush fires are burning in the San Diego area. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
A man evacuates his horses as firefighters battle a large wildfire threatening homes in San Marcos Wednesday, May 14, 2014. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Flames surround a large hilltop home near Cal State San Marcos that caught fire. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
A wildfire approaches homes Wednesday afternoon in San Marcos. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
An airplane makes a fire retardant drop around a large Coronado Hills home in the San Marcos area. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Flames send up clouds of smoke around San Marcos. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)
Fire burns around San Marcos, one of several locations where blazes were being fought on a hot and windy day. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)
A wildfire burns in San Marcos as the moon rises in a smoky sky as seen from Carlsbad. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
