SAN DIEGO -- Fire crews Wednesday morning fully contained the 11-day-old Harris Fire, blamed for five deaths since it broke out southeast of San Diego.

About 6 a.m., incident commanders with the California Department of Forestry declared the fire contained. Some of the roughly 2,200 firefighters now assigned to the blaze will continue monitoring the burn area to make sure smoldering embers are extinguished.

The fire, which broke out about 9:30 a.m. Oct. 21 near Harris Ranch Road and Highway 94, eventually destroyed more than 200 homes and 250 outbuildings, and charred about 90,440 acres in San Diego County, as well as some land south of the border, according to the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, also known as Cal Fire.

Four suspected illegal immigrants -- three men and woman -- died in a canyon just north of the border near Barrett Junction, and a 52-year-old man died on his property near Tecate, apparently as he and his son tried to beat back the flames during the first few hours of the fire. Four firefighters were seriously hurt that first day, as well.

All remaining evacuation orders associated with the Harris Fire and the other fires in San Diego County were lifted Wednesday morning.

The county's largest fire, dubbed the Witch Fire, was 99 percent contained and expected to be fully surrounded by Wednesday evening. It has destroyed about 1,040 homes and scorched about 197,990 acres across a large swath of North County since it started the same Sunday as the Harris fire, according to fire commanders.

No deaths were associated with the fire, but a North County couple died in their San Pasqual Valley home when another fire overtook them.

Cal Fire put the cost of fighting the Harris fire at $15.2 million.

The smaller Poomacha fire, which started early Oct. 23 on the La Jolla Indian Reservation and eventually merged with the Witch Fire, was declared 70 percent contained, having charred 49,540 acres, with an active front burning along Highway 76. Fire commanders project full containment on Nov. 6.