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Crews continue strengthening containment lines and cooling hot spots, using drones to pinpoint heat sources and deliver real-time visuals to support firefighters and incident command.
Just ten minutes before the Carbon Fire yesterday, firefighters also responded to a vegetation fire near Irvine Center Drive and Pacifica Place in @City_of_Irvine at approximately 1:30 p.m., quickly holding it to 1.5 acres with no structures damaged and no injuries reported.
As warmer weather approaches and vegetation continues to dry, these fires are a reminder to prepare your home and family now, create an evacuation plan, and be ready to leave quickly and safely should a wildfire occur. Visit for info about Ready, Set, Go!
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From @BreaPD: The evacuation warning for Olinda Village and Hollydale has now been lifted. The Care and Reception Center at the Chino Hills Community Center has been closed. There is still a hard closure for Carbon Canyon Road in both directions from Brea Hills Ave to Ruby St.
Today’s resources include:
• 4 Type 3 Strike Teams
• 9 Hand Crews
• 2 Dozers
• 2 Water Tenders
• Additional engines, command personnel, and support staff.
• Additional resources, including air ops, available as needed.
• Drones to precisely direct crews to hot spots.
Forward progress of the fire was stopped at 1:47 a.m., and the fire is 35% contained.
We will continue to provide updates tomorrow morning on behalf of Unified Command agencies OCFA, @BreaFire, @BreaPD, and @CAL_FIRE.
Evacuation warnings for Hollydale and Olinda Village will remain in effect tonight. We appreciate the community’s continued support as firefighters and police officers work safely through the night.
The @SoCal_RedCross is staffing a care and reception center at the Chino Hills Community Center. It is available for anybody who needs assistance until all evacuation warnings are lifted.
The fire is currently at 200 acres with some areas of the fire being difficult to access for air resources and ground crews due to steep, narrow terrain. Currently, no additional evacuation warnings have been issued as firefighters continue to work.
@BREAPD EVACUATION UPDATE:
Evacuation warnings lifted:
El Rodeo Stables
Brea Hills Avenue
Evacuation warnings remain in place:
Hollydale
Olinda Village
Carbon Canyon Road remains closed between Brea Hills and Ruby.
Firefighters have significantly slowed the fire’s progress. Estimated size is 60 acres. Thank you to our community for being prepared, continuing to remain out of the area, and allowing us all to work safely.
In addition to ground resources, air assets continue the aerial assault — as seen from our OCFA FIREHAWKS.
We are in Unified Command with @BreaFire and @BreaPD. The fire is estimated at 40 acres.
@BreaPD has issued additional evacuation warnings for El Rodeo Stables and Brea Hills, in addition to the current evacuation warnings in place for Olinda Village and Hollydale.
@BreaPD has issued evacuation warnings for the communities of Hollydale and Olinda Village. If you are a resident in those communities and evacuate, you may only drive east on Carbon Canyon due to road closures. Carbon Canyon Road is closed between Brea Hills and Ruby.
Crews are attacking the fire from the ground and the air with additional resources enroute.
Please continue to avoid the area. Updates to follow.
Please avoid the area to allow us to work safely. A Public Information Officer is enroute. Updates will be provided as they become available.
#CarbonFire @BreaFire @AnaheimFire @BreaPD @BreaCityHall
Firefighters are responding to a vegetation fire in the area of Carbon Canyon and Olinda Place in Unincorporated Brea that was reported at 1:37 p.m. Currently estimated to be approximately four acres.
Crews have been working hard to strengthen the great progress made yesterday and throughout the night. Containment has now grown to 71% and continues to increase.
Early Morning House Fire in Santa Ana
Just after 4:30 a.m., a family safely escaped a house fire after being awakened by flames inside their home.
Firefighters arrived to find flames blowing out of every window and quickly knocked down the blaze, preventing it from spreading >>
to a neighboring home.
The cause is under investigation. 5 adults and 1 child were displaced. 1 adult male was evaluated on-scene by paramedics but declined transport to the hospital. The call was in the 2100 block of S. Woodland Pl.
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3-Alarm Fire in Stanton 🚨
Just after 11 this morning, firefighters in Stanton arrived to find a row of detached garages heavily involved in fire, with flames already extending into the attic of the apartment complex behind them.
Crews quickly launched an aggressive attack >>>
on both fires while ensuring all residents were safely evacuated. Through a well-coordinated effort by firefighters operating inside, outside, and on the roof, the fire was stopped, and multiple apartment units were saved.
29 adults and 10 children displaced. The cause is >>>
under investigation. No injuries. The call came in at 11:15 AM and was in the 7500 block of Katella.
Wildfires. Hurricanes. All-hazard. All the time.
This week, OCFA Urban Search & Rescue California Task Force 5 trained with new equipment at @SMWDwater Upper Oso Reservoir.
This is the same reservoir that provided more than 700,000 gallons of water for firefighting helicopters defending our community during the Airport Fire. Working together with safety and service as a common goal.
Local, regional, and national — always training, always prepared.
With multiple reports of trees on fire at 8:15 p.m., firefighters responded to Orange Acres Lane in @City_of_Irvine, where eight cypress trees were engulfed in flames and showering embers. Crews quickly extinguished the fire, preventing any damage to nearby homes.
Nobody was injured, and the cause is under investigation. Thank you to our partners at @IrvinePolice!
Every morning at Station 21 in @CityofTustin, something special happens. While firefighters push through their workouts, they’ve got a whole crew of little cheerleaders next door 👩🚒👏
The kids from the school nearby never miss a chance to hype them up — so yesterday, we returned the favor with a surprise: hats for our biggest supporters.
Thank you to these amazing kids for bringing the energy and reminding us why we do what we do every single day.
The Orange County Fire Authority and Orange County Professional Firefighters Local 3631 honor the life and service of Fire Captain David J. Grubb on this anniversary of his Line of Duty Death on April 21, 1999. David and his family are forever in our hearts.
31 years ago, 168 lives were lost in the Oklahoma City bombing. Today, and everyday we remember those who died, their loved ones, and the brave first responders who risked their lives to save others.
Born in an ambulance on the 22 Freeway just two months ago, with OCFA firefighter paramedics helping welcome him into the world, this sweet baby boy and his family made a special visit to Fire Station 86 in @CityGardenGrove for a heartwarming reunion.
Already dressed in a fire department shirt, we have a feeling we may see him again one day wearing the uniform!
🙏 @ABC7LosAngeles
Helicopter rescue POV.
Yesterday, two helicopter rescue medics were lowered 150 feet to reach a man injured after a fall in Black Star Canyon, while firefighters on the ground made access on foot.
After stabilizing his injuries, crews carried him more than a half mile across rugged terrain to a safe location where he was hoisted into the helicopter.
The helicopter then landed at a nearby location, and firefighter paramedics took him to the hospital in an ambulance.
From sleeping to safety. That’s what working smoke alarms did for a resident on Center Court in @LagunaNiguelCty.
He was awakened by smoke alarms alerting him to a fire downstairs, giving him valuable time to escape and call 911 at 4:42 this morning.
As seen in these videos, firefighters arrived to heavy fire and knocked it down quickly ensuring no one was injured and protecting neighbors’ homes.
The cause is under investigation, and no one was injured. Thank you to our partners @OCSDLagunaNigue and @SoCal_RedCross.
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At about 4:30 this morning, Fillmore barked urgently from his bed inside the family home on Skyway Drive in Unincorporated Tustin, refusing to stop. Realizing something was wrong, the homeowners looked out the window and saw a flickering light.
The family grabbed garden hoses and did what they could to slow the fire’s spread until firefighters arrived and quickly contained the flames to just the garage — saving the house.
OCFA Heavy Fire Equipment Operators then removed the vehicles to allow safe access to extinguish the remaining hot spots. Before leaving, firefighters gave Fillmore some well-deserved attention!
🙏 @OrangeCityFire for the assistance.
The Orange County Fire Authority and Orange County Professional Firefighters Local 3631 honor the life and service of Fire Apparatus Engineer Ken Caley on this anniversary of his Line of Duty Death on April 15, 2020. Ken and his family are forever in our hearts.
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