it appears these big fires are more and more frequent. I suspect arsonists…..and our “never rains” SoCal forecasts. Hopefully no lives are lost.

Another round of fires…..is it a wonder why our state is broke?

Im right on the border of La Habra/Whittier/La Mirada. My gf was saying the Brea Mall was evacuated… I can’t believe there’s a fire by the 57 FWY/Lambert. That is too close!

but it doesn’t look like its coming my way. Im right where harbor goes over the hill into puente hills/rowland heights. My bro-in-law is out fighting the fires though. Hope everyone is well and the fire get contained soon.

On a completely insignificant note, this can’t be helping our chances to sign Tex. :(

If you exit the 57 at Imperial and travel east, once you reach the corner of Bastenchury and Imperial is where you can see how dicey things are. If you continue to travel east on Bastenchury and look to the north it’s devastating. The entire northern rim of Yorba Linda has been burning for almost 24 hours now.

Last night I stood with my wife at the corner of Bastenchury and Fairmont, looking up at the fire, which was raging out of control; it was coming down the hill, seemingly at random, picking off which ever house it pleased. People were evacuated earlier, and people stood helpless watching their fate on the hillside. And we’re talking about a stretch of one of the most exclusive sets of neighborhoods in all of Orange County. Further to the east, Hidden HIlls went up in flames, and at least a dozen homes were destroyed on Big Horn Canyon and Blue Ridge. The fire stretches from west YL all the way out toward Gypsum Canyon.

As of an hour ago the police were still not letting people back into their neighborhoods in east YL; the Gypsum Canyon offramp at the 91 is jammed with cars, waiting to reenter their neighborhoods.

By mid afternoon yesterday the area looked like a war zone, like bombs had dropped on the area. It alternated between eerie twilight and pitch dark. The fire jumped the 91 around noon and burned an apartment complex east of Weir Canyon to the ground. A few streets in Anaheim HIlls, including Morning Star Drive got multiple homes that burned flat.

At daybreak this morning the Register was reporting at least 67 single family dwellings in Yorba Linda were completely gone; however, talking to firefighters on the hillside they think the number will go up as the day goes by.

Carbon Canyon is in flames. The fire is darting in and out throughout the canyon, in fact the fire crossed the 57 yesterday at one point. Everything on Lambert east of the 57 is in danger. If you’re familiar with the neighborhood that has all the Christmas lights in December, which sits between Birch, Lambert, Kraemer and Valencia, the fire is just across the street north of Lambert. Fires range all along Carbon Canyon Blvd, with mobil home parks destroyed along the blvd.

We know many people who went through mandatory evacuation yesterday evening, and nobody knows for sure what’s been lost. Our home is okay, and we’re just trying to help any way we can. Last night we were making 7-11 runs of waters and sodas for cops and fireman who could be seen taking breaks right in the middle of neighborhoods. They’re busting their asses for everyone.

Hopefully by the end of today things will have turned around.

and we were told to evacuate yesterday. We turned on the news when we got to the place we are staying at and it turns out that my neighborhood is only a voluntary evacuation zone but since we already evacuated, they won’t let us back in because they want to encourage more people to evacuate. I understand they are doing this for our safety but I can’t helped but be a little pissed off.