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A brush fire charred 2 acres of grass in Balboa Park Friday afternoon before firefighters extinguished the two-alarm blaze.
The fire, which occurred in the Florida Canyon section of the park near the San Diego Naval Hospital, started shortly before 3 p.m., said Fire Department dispatcher Elaine Maisen.
She said the the fire had been put out by about 4:30 p.m. and that all the equipment used had been cleared away by 6 p.m. Authorities do not know what caused the blaze.
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