Crews halted the spread of a brush fire Wednesday afternoon near Mount Laguna in eastern San Diego County. The blaze, called the Penny Fire, sparked off Sunrise Highway near Penny Pines trailhead, northwest of Mount Laguna,

Firefighters are responding to a brush fire burning near Mt. Laguna in East County Wednesday afternoon. According to Cal Fire, the fire — dubbed the Penny Fire — was reported in the area of Sunrise Highway and Penny Pine Trailhead shortly before 2 p.