Fire threatens Pomerado Hospital - Patients evacuated

And the winds are still blowing...BD

POWAY Fire and smoke crested the hills immediately east of Villa Pomerado here at 11 a.m. today, and mechanic and service workers for the hospital complex were manning hoses to defend the facility. All workers were being told at 11:15 a.m. to evacuate the Pomerado Hospital and Villa Pomerado area, in 15600 block of Pomerado Road. Fire appeared to be coming over the hills from the east. Mechanics had gone to fire extinguisher boxes on the roof of the hospital's parking structure to pull hoses and fire fighting equipment. Smoke was thick.

Staff at Pomerado Hospital began moving patients to other hospitals shortly after 8 a.m.