Cal Fire reports that the West Fire , in Alpine , is 92% contained as of Sunday afternoon.

The wildfire scorched more than 500 acres along Interstate 8 and West Alpine Road. So far 18 structures were destroyed as firefighters , including a Strike Team from Imperial County , battled the blaze that was first reported late Friday morning and consumed over n500 acres. One firefighters was reported injured. Evacuation orders that were issued Friday afternoon have been lifted.

The fire disrupted communications in the Imperial Valley as  a communications site handling cellphone and internet services vital to the Valley was extensively damaged. Many people reported cell and internet outages into Saturday afternoon.