New fires sweep into Orange County

[DogPoundPup]

Source: L.A. Times

Reporting from Orange County -- Firefighters are battling two fast-moving fires that have burned homes in Yorba Linda, Corona and Anaheim Hills today and closed sections of the 91 and 57 freeways.

At least 20 homes in Yorba Linda have burned, and officials say the blaze is moving west. Several homes were also burned in Corona. That blazed jumped the 91 Freeway and was burning homes in Anaheim Hills. A fire in Brea has surrounded Brea Olinda High School and is burning around the 57 Freeway.

Residents in Anaheim Hills were told to evacuate as the fire burned residences in that upscale community. An apartment complex in Anaheim Hills appeared to be engulfed in flames this afternoon.

The fire created a surreal and chaotic scene as motorists were marooned on freeways or local thoroughfares. Some scrambled to evacuation centers or tried to return to their homes. Authorities said the westbound 91 Freeway at Weir Canyon had been closed, as was a section of the 57 Freeway in Brea, making it tough for residents to escape.


Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ocfire16-2008nov16,0,339111.story

[kestrel91316]

1. I've been watching this thing on tv all afternoon, continuous live coverage

on KCAL 9 for those who are interested.

[Whalestoe]

2. I hope this shit doesn't get down to San Diego county!

I fucking hate the fires!

[Trajan]

3. Those were my stomping grounds from 1983 to 2003

With short stints in Palmdale (commute from Brea) ...

Lived in Fullerton, Brea, Chino Hills, and Riverside in that period ...

I am sure a few of my old friends are in the fireline in Anaheim Hills ..... This isnt the first time they have been through this ....

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[midnight]

5. Life just is complicated enough trying to figure out how to pay

to live in America, now this. I hope this fire is put to rest soon.....

[stopbush]

6. I can see the smoke from my home in Laguna Niguel

We should be safe. We're 30 miles south of YL, and there's a huge man-made firebreak at the old El Toro airfield in Tustin on the east side of the 405/5 with a natural firebreak on the other side along Laguna Canyon Rd (133).

Still, it's a bit worrisome.