Hundreds Evacuate as brush fire burns close to homes in Laguna Beach,  California- News 360 Tv
Channel: News 360 Tv
Date: 2022-02-10

Massive Brush Fire Sparks In Laguna Beach, Hundreds Evacuate, Fire officials provide update 
A large brush fire erupted in Laguna Beach early Thursday morning amid powerful Santa Ana winds, hot temperatures and dry conditions, forcing hundreds of evacuations.

The Emerald Fire was first reported at 4:09 a.m., according to the Orange County Fire Authority. Video from Sky2 showed a wall of flames on the ridgeline above Emerald Bay, a gated community with dozens of large, multimillion-dollar homes.

An evacuation warning was also in place for North Laguna, which included all residents north of Broadway. There was no estimate on when the evacuations would be lifted.

The Pacific Coast Highway was closed for several hours between Laguna Beach and Newport Beach, but has since reopened.

Crews from multiple agencies were battling the fire on the ground and in the air. There were five water-dropping helicopters, along with four CAL Fire air tankers dropping retardant on the blaze. Fennessy said the plan is to use the air tankers to pretreat the ridgeline between north Emerald Bay and Newport Beach with retardant in order to hold the fire on the ridge.

There are also 75 engines, eight strike teams, five hand crews and two bulldozers.

The Laguna Beach Unified School District closed all its schools Thursday as well as a precaution.

The fire will continue to be buoyed by strong Santa Ana winds, coupled with unseasonably warm temperatures in the mid-70s.

Meanwhile, a little further north, the city of Seal Beach announced that Gun Grove Park would be closed Thursday because of the fire danger brought on by the Santa Ana winds and the heat.


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