{
  "id": "2021-05-20-san-diego-state-university-alvarado-creek-brush-fire",
  "slug": "san-diego-state-university-alvarado-creek-brush-fire-2021-05-20",
  "institution": {
    "name": "San Diego State University",
    "shortName": "SDSU",
    "state": "CA",
    "type": "public-r2",
    "alertSystemName": "SDSU Alert",
    "enrollment": 37000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2021-05-20",
    "type": "fire",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Brush fire near College and I-8 closes Alvarado Road",
    "headlinePublic": "Brush fire near College and I-8 closes Alvarado Road",
    "summary": "San Diego State University [posted four Urgent updates](https://urgent.sdsu.edu/archives/2021-05-20-fire-at-alvarado-creek) after a brush fire near College Avenue and Interstate 8 on the north side of Alvarado Creek. San Diego Fire contained it. Alvarado Road closed both ways and later reopened. No campus threat or structure impact.",
    "outcome": "Fire contained. Alvarado Road reopened. No threats to campus. No structures impacted."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2021-05-20T13:58:00-07:00",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Brush fire near College and I-8. The Fire Department is at the scene and handling. Please avoid the area until further notice.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://urgent.sdsu.edu/archives/2021-05-20-fire-at-alvarado-creek",
      "sourceDescription": "SDSU Urgent archive — May 20 2021 Alvarado Creek fire 1:58 p.m.",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent fetches 2026-08-17. sha256 74d5d3f96741e8c425b0d5f74fe09edba41c906c49dd7f481526f2753d53e12a.",
        "Thread checked N/A (official HTML archive).",
        "Not a test: live brush fire with avoid-the-area guidance.",
        "Distinct incident from 2022-02-03-san-diego-state-university-parking-structure-4-brush-fire and 2024-10-31-san-diego-state-university-montezuma-brush-fire: different date and location."
      ],
      "characterCount": 126
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2021-05-20T14:15:00-07:00",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "San Diego Fire has quickly contained the brush fire located on the north side of Alvarado Creek away from Villa Alvarado. University Police are at the scene. There are no known threats to campus. Continue to access updates here, at urgent.sdsu.edu.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://urgent.sdsu.edu/archives/2021-05-20-fire-at-alvarado-creek",
      "sourceDescription": "SDSU Urgent archive — May 20 2021 Alvarado Creek fire 2:15 p.m.",
      "annotations": [
        "Same dual fetch."
      ],
      "characterCount": 248
    },
    {
      "sequence": 3,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2021-05-20T14:32:00-07:00",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Alvarado Road is closed in both directions. Avoid the area. There are no threats to campus and no structures have been impacted. SDSU parking lots will remain open. Access updates here, at urgent.sdsu.edu.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://urgent.sdsu.edu/archives/2021-05-20-fire-at-alvarado-creek",
      "sourceDescription": "SDSU Urgent archive — May 20 2021 Alvarado Creek fire 2:32 p.m.",
      "annotations": [
        "Same dual fetch."
      ],
      "characterCount": 205
    },
    {
      "sequence": 4,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2021-05-20T15:33:00-07:00",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "San Diego Fire and law enforcement have cleared the scene. Emergency officials have reopened Alvarado Road in both directions.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://urgent.sdsu.edu/archives/2021-05-20-fire-at-alvarado-creek",
      "sourceDescription": "SDSU Urgent archive — May 20 2021 Alvarado Creek fire 3:33 p.m.",
      "annotations": [
        "Same dual fetch."
      ],
      "characterCount": 126
    }
  ],
  "context": "SDSU Urgent archive for a May 20 2021 contained brush fire at Alvarado Creek near College and I-8.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Four official products from avoid-area through Alvarado Road reopen."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "SDSU Urgent archive — Fire at Alvarado Creek",
      "url": "https://urgent.sdsu.edu/archives/2021-05-20-fire-at-alvarado-creek",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-17",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523/500 earlier this run; not retried this file"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "public-r2",
    "california",
    "sdsu",
    "fire"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-08-17",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-17",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}