It's hung up on the ridgeline, I guess it would be the north side of Emerald Bay." It is moving towards the Newport Beach area, it's still a long way from Newport Beach.
The fire skirted along the north end of Emerald Bay. "The winds are expected is to continue to blow over the next few days," Fennessy said. OCFA Fire Chief Brian Fennessy said the plan was 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.Īt the height of the blaze, there were also 75 engines, eight strike teams, five hand crews and two bulldozers. There were five water-dropping helicopters, along with four CAL Fire air tankers dropping retardant on the blaze. (CBSLA)Ĭrews from multiple agencies battled the fire on the ground and in the air. A brush fire burns in the Emerald Bay area of Laguna Beach, Calif. The Laguna Beach Unified School District also closed all its schools Thursday as a precaution. The Pacific Coast Highway was closed for several hours between Laguna Beach and Newport Beach, but was reopened. This is a large team effort, and we're taking safety very seriously." A brush fire burns in the Emerald Bay area of Laguna Beach, Calif. This is subject to wind, to wind changes. It should be OK.' We're telling you it's not. So it's easy for everybody to think, 'Hey, it's OK, we need to get back into our house. There's an active fire going on, it's going the other way, you don't see it. "When you look around here, you couldn't even tell there's a fire going on," Laguna Beach Fire Department Chief Mike Garcia told reporters. "We just heard the police coming by on the loudspeaker, 'mandatory evacuation,' maybe two or three minutes ago.So after I speak with you, I'll probably get in my car and head south," evacuee Dana Taschner told CBSLA's Kara Finnstrom.Īn evacuation warning was also issued for North Laguna, which included all residents north of Broadway. Those were lifted Thursday afternoon as firefighters made solid progress on the blaze. Mandatory evacuation orders were initially issued for the Emerald Bay and Irvine Cove communities. No homes have been damaged and there were no injuries. As of Friday morning, the fire had burned 150 acres and was 20% contained.
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