
Officials allowed residents to return to their homes within hours on Wednesday, April 15 after an eroded chunk of dirt and mud behind a home along the 700 block of Bangor Street in Point Loma slid into an area behind an unoccupied residence on the 700 block of San Fernando Street, according to Maurice Luque, spokesperson for the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department. Two people evacuated neighboring homes on Bangor Street. The owner of the initially impacted home and the surrounding neighbors were allowed to return home by afternoon, Luque said. None of the homes sustained measurable structural damage and nobody was injured, Luque said. A hose letting out a “low-flow” stream of water caused the estimated 50-foot by 40-foot section of the hill to soak and slide, according to Luque. “For the time being, the [hill] is not eroding any further,” he said. Since the slide happened on the residents’ property, the city of San Diego is not liable for any damage, Luque said.