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Orange County Evacuated Residents In Fire Areas—40 Houses Were Damaged

by panzerlawyer | November 21, 2008 at 06:46 am

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I used to live in the area where these homes burned and my father actually helped rebuild. I could never understand why all these people would move somewhere where all these fires could happen. History repeated itself again.

According to reports by Orange County Fire restoration contractors, while firefighters battled to control a fire that began as a brush fire in the Corona area on Prado Road, the fire reached the Dean Homes Subdivision. This fire resulted in at least twelve homes being damaged or destroyed.

The Brea-Olinda High School was closed, Anaheim Hills was the scene of an apartment complex that became totally swallowed up in fire and residents in the area were told to evacuate.

The westbound lanes of the 91 Freeway in the vicinity of Weir Canyon were closed and a section of the 57 Freeway in the Brea area was closed. These closures caused many motorists to be stuck on the freeways.

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TFleming

at 16:19 on November 21st, 2008

There is always risks related to where you live. Fires, Earthquakes, Floods, Hurricanes are often threats to areas around the globe.

Milieunet

at 05:19 on November 22nd, 2008

Terrible

Amy Judd

at 09:51 on November 21st, 2008

People say that too about why people live in Hurricane areas, but people still do - I suppose the benefits outweigh the risk of a natural disaster.

panzerlawyer

at 15:56 on November 21st, 2008

Alex, thanks for all the cool pics

panzerlawyer

at 16:35 on November 21st, 2008

Agreed. It's just that living right next to a fire hazard just doesnt make sense

Gotta Know

at 09:47 on January 5th, 2009

Im with you! My sister lives right in the middle of Brush Canyon and every couple of years or so, the hill across the street from her home goes up in flames! She has become so complacent that 5 years ago when the hill went up, they got their lawn chairs out and sat on the driveway with the garden hose (just in case) and "enjoyed the fire". I guess that just goes to show you: "Some people DO have more money than brains" I would think that the 4 feet of mud that was just cleared out of the pool from the last two rain storms would have been a wake up call too, but what the heck, it's just mud.