KUSI’s Ed Lenderman reports on a continued Red Flag Warning in San Diego County. SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Santa Anas winds blustered the inland valleys and mountains Thursday amid a continued Red Flag Warning,

Dry conditions, gusty winds, and low relative humidity are all hitting San Diego County at the same time leading to critical fire concerns for the region.

Nearly 8,000 San Diego Gas and Electric customers had their power shut off Friday morning in yet another effort to reduce wildfire risk due to strong Santa Ana winds.

A Red Flag Warning went into effect at 4 a.m. Wednesday for portions of San Diego County as Santa Ana winds began to peak.

After restoring electricity on Thursday afternoon to all customers in rural areas impacted by public safety shutoffs, strong Santa Ana winds overnight forced San Diego Gas & Electric to turn off the power again.

Amid an already dry winter season, the first Santa Ana wind event of 2025 is elevating fire danger this week and threatening power shut-offs for thousands of San Diego Gas & Electric customers.

San Diego Gas & Electric restored power to almost 9,000 customers Thursday but with another series of Santa Ana winds expected to barrel through the county Thursday night and early Friday, the utility warned that a fresh set of outages may resume.

San Diego Gas & Electric began restoring power Thursday to customers placed under a public safety power shutoff, allaying the worries of some in high fire-risk areas even as conditions are expected to remain critical through the end of the week.