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Fires damaged homes in Tierrasanta, Encanto and Vista Thursday.

Santa Ana winds fanned a fire in a Tierrasanta canyon, causing more than $100,000 in damage, San Diego fire officials said.

The fire, still under investigation, began shortly before 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in canyon brush but quickly spread to the wood-shake roofs of 15 homes on Via Cascabel, Rueda Court, Valiente Court and Cascajo Court near Tierrasanta Boulevard.

A home in the 10800 block of Via Cascabel suffered the worst damage--$70,000 worth, fire officials said. About 75 firefighters with six fire engines, eight brush rigs, a water tanker and other equipment brought the two-alarm fire under control about 4 p.m. Wednesday.

Food cooking on an unattended stove sparked a fire that swept through a single-family home in Encanto on Thursday. The fire, which began shortly before noon, caused $205,000 damage to the home and its contents in the 800 block of Marjorie Drive, fire officials said. Alerted by a smoke detector, a 30-year-old mother escaped unharmed with her four children.

The Vista home of a woman in her 80s was destroyed by a fire that swept through the home Thursday shortly before noon. The cause of the fire, near Monte Vista Drive and South Santa Fe Avenue, is under investigation. The woman was not at home at the time of the fire.