Anaheim Hills/ Yorba Linda Fire 12 hours in.

:sigh: we are burning again. Oh, yeah, this happens multiple times each year. This times a bit gnarlier than normal.

I'm closely tracking the Anaheim Hills fire because it has the potential to impact our field trip scheduled for Monday.

So far the best I can find is from KNX 1070 which gives a link to a Google Map. But the Map has not been updated in 5 hours.

Orange County Fire Authority has this PDF for the evacuation area. They are calling it the Freeway Fire.

TIME OF ALARM: 9:07 AM November 15, 2008

INCIDENT#: ORC 08075221

INCIDENT NAME: Freeway Complex Fire

LOCATION: Began in Riverside County 91 Fwy at Green River heading into Orange County (Thomas Brothers page 741). Fire jumped the 91 freeway east of Weir Canyon.

CONDITIONS ON ARRIVAL:

CONTAINMENT: 5%

CONTROL: Not at this time

PRELIMINARY CAUSE: Unknown at this time

WEATHER CONDITIONS: Red flag warning till 4:00 PM Sunday. Winds moving in a westerly fashion and are gusty and erratic. For information check with National Weather Service - Southern California or California Weather

COMMAND: Unified Command with Orange County Fire Authority, Corona Fire, CalFire, Chino Valley Fire, Brea Fire

INCIDENT COMMANDER: Chief Mark Kramer

FIREFIGHTING ASSETS:

An estimated 1,260 state, county, and city personnel
ACRES BURNED: Approximately 5,873 acres

STRUCTURES BURNED: 1,000 threatened, 100 damaged, and 60 destroyed structures

REPORTED INJURIES: 6 minor injuries of firefighters

EVACUATIONS:
Yorba Linda - Foxtail, Stonehaven, NW of San Antonio & Yorba Linda Blvd.
Yorba Linda - north of Yorba Linda Blvd. between San Antonio and Village Center
Yorba Linda - voluntary evacuation north of Yorba Linda Blvd. between Village Center and Fairmont
Brea - east of State College & north of Lambert
Brea - Kramer Blvd. and Lambert Rd.
Brea - Olinda Village & Sleepy Hollow
Anaheim - West of the 241 freeway. east of Weir Canyon Road/Serrano, South of 91 Freeway and north of Marblehead
Anaheim - Savi Ranch
Anaheim - south of Mohler Dr., east of Del Giorgio, north of Canyon Rim Rd., and west of Deer Canyon Park and Fairmont Park
Approximate Map of Evacuation Areas
Approximately 4,500 homes have been evacuated in Anaheim affecting 12,600 people and 8,000-10,000 people have been evacuated in Yorba Linda
Orange County Red Cross
EVACUATION CENTERS:
Downtown Community Center (250 E. Center St., Anaheim)
Brea Community Center (695 Madison Ave., Brea)
Katella High School (2200 E. Wagner, Anaheim)
Valencia High School (500 N. Bradford, Placentia)
Animals can be taken to the OC Shelter (561 The City Dr., Orange) and large animals can be taken to Los Alamitos Race Course (714) 995-1234
ROAD CLOSURES: 91 Freeway is closed between the county line and the 71. Check with Cal Trans for freeway and toll road closures. Check with the local police department for city street closures.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:


Orange County Operational Area Public Information Hotline - (714) 628-7085
News Radio for current and future incidents:
AM 980 - KFWB
AM 1070 - KNX
AM 640 - KFI
Please save these stations on your battery-powered and car radios.
RESIDENTS:


Wildland Fires: Defensible Space

Wildfire Preparedness

Smoke in the Air

Other Safety Bulletins
For additional information, please call the OCFA Media Center at (714) 573-6210.
CONTACT:
OCFA Media Center
714-573-6210
UNIT INFO
ORC - Orange County Fire
1 Fire Authority Rd.
Irvine, CA 92602
714-573-6000
NEWS RELEASES


None

ASSISTING and COOPERATING AGENCIES
Corona Fire Dept.
CalFire
Chino Hills Fire
Brea Fire Dept.
Anaheim Fire

News Media Feed
Subscribe to Major Incident Notification by E-mail

Cal Fire has this to say about it.

Freeway Fire Information:
Last Updated: November 15, 2008 at 9:00 pm
Date/Time Started: November 15, 2008 at 9:07 am
Administrative Unit: CAL FIRE / Orange County Fire Authority / Corona City Fire / Anaheim Fire / Chino Valley Fire / City of Brea
County: Orange County / Riverside County
Location: Corona and Orange County (Yorba Linda, Brea & Anaheim)
Acres Burned: 5,800 acres
Containment: 5% contained
Structures Threatened: More than 1,000 structures are threatened.

Structures Destroyed: STRUCTURES DAMAGED OR DESTROYED: 64 buildings OR 104 residences.

Anaheim – 10 homes, 10 apartment buildings (50 apartment units) – TOTAL of 60 residences
Yorba Linda – 30 residences
Corona – 14 residences

Evacuations: Evacuations are in place for the following areas :

Yorba Linda - Olinda Village, East of State College Blvd. and north or Lambert Rd.; north of Yorba Linda cross of San Antonio; and the Apartment Complex at Lambert and Kramer.
Brea - Bryant Ranch, Stone Haven & Foxtail.
Anaheim - Savi Ranch; between Hwy 91, Hwy 241 and Weir Canyon Rd ; between Mohler Dr, Del Giorgio, Canyon Rim Rd, & Deer Canyon Park.
Corona - Deane Homes, at Prado and Santa Ana River.


Cause: Under Investigation
Cooperating Agencies: CAL FIRE, Orange County Fire Authority, Corona Fire, Anahiem City Fire, Chino Valley Fire, CHP, CDCR and CCC.
Total Fire Personnel: 411

75 Engines
1 Crew
1 Dozer
4 Watertenders
18 Helicopters
12 Airtankers




Conditions: Extreme fire behavior continues to push the fire on to several communities.

CAL FIRE Incident Command Team #6 has transitioned into a unified command.

Evacuations and road closures remain in effect.

A Red Flag Warning is in effect until 4:00 PM Sunday. For information check with National Weather Service - Southern California or California Weather

Tea Fire Information: (714) 573-6210.

I'm using this as an opportunity to relearn print screen. The problem is that I have different photo editing software these days so it is not as easy as I hoped.

Hummm... without Photoshop I don't know how to do it. I tried to cnp into word and then open in ArcSoftPhotoImpressions 6. No go. :( So I can't give you the images as they stand right now. The links above are bound to change.