At least 20 homes destroyed as 199-acre Laguna Niguel fire forces evacs; cause under investigation

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CoastalFire UPDATE: One firefighter was injured while battling the Laguna Niguel brush fire. Meanwhile, some 900 homes remain under evacuation orders.

Some 900 homes remained under evacuation orders Thursday morning after a fast-moving brush fire swept across a Laguna Niguel neighborhood.

As firefighters worked to put out major hotspots Wednesday, Fennessy said the strong winds were blowing embers into the attics, making it harder for them to get through.More News Videos "You've got to remember that this fire was wind-driven," said Fennessy during a Wednesday evening news conference."We have embers cast very deep down into those canyons, many of them up into those palm trees. We had embers in our attic spaces, through vents. The focus is to get into these homes and to really take a look into those attics, to get down in the vegetation, to really make sure we're not leaving any hot embers in place.

 

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How does a wind driven fire rage uphill and burn multiple homes… homes that are stucco with red tile roofs, but does not burn any of the trees in its path of the homes? 🤔

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