Developers of the Harmony Grove Village South project housing project got a big win Friday from the San Diego County Planning Commission.

The five-member commission unanimously approved the controversial 453-home development which includes single- and multi-family homes. Nearby residents worry that it would make it harder to evacuate during a wildfire.

“If you look at our community, half the homes in that community have burnt to the ground previously,” Harmony Grove resident Jonathan Dummer said. His family's home burned in the Del Dios Fire.

The problem with the development, he said, is that there is only one way in and out.

“They are forgetting to put in a secondary exit. We live in a community that has been through many fires," Dummer said. "I have been through three fires since I'v

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