Crime & Safety
Brush Fire Halted In Trabuco Canyon
A 2.5 acre brush fire was reported Wed. night near Live Oak Canyon Road and Canyon Creek. Homes were saved, as were livestock.
TRABUCO CANYON, CA — The Trabuco Canyon hillsides burned Wednesday evening after a vegetation fire began at just after 5 p.m. in the area of Live Oak Cyn Road and Canyon Creek, Orange County Fire Authority reported.
Approximately 70 OCFA firefighters and 70 US Forest Service firefighters were onscene and had established "hose lines" around the fire, authorities reported. The fire burned uphill in "very light wind," they said. No evacuations or injuries were reported and no road closures were reported.
Firefighters made "good progress on the fire, keeping it away from homes," OCFA Capt. Steve Concialdi said. "These homes have very good clearance around them, with good defensible space." Firefighters protected the homes as well as goats and live stock.
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OCFA’s helicopter made good water drops and has slowed the fire, according to reports, and an air tanker has made a fire retardant drop, some of which landed on personnel on the ground.
It is not yet clear what started the fire.
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