Firefighters hope for a break in the wind as 2 wildfires burn in California's Orange County

[sandensea]

Source: USA Today

Tens of thousands of residents in California's Orange County remained under evacuation orders Tuesday as two wildfires continued to threaten upscale neighborhoods.

As morning came, the Silverado Fire had consumed 17.5 square miles with only 5% containment, prompting an expansion of the evacuation orders to include sections of Mission Viejo, the Orange County Fire Authority reported.

About 70,000 Irvine residents were under evacuation order and another 6,000 in nearby Lake Forest.

To the east, the Blue Ridge Fire has burned about 12.5 square miles with no containment as of Tuesday morning. Fire officials said they were still trying to get an estimate of the number of people evacuated.



Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/10/27/silverado-blue-ridge-fires-thousands-under-evacuation-orange-county/3748272001/

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The Silverado Fire has forced the evacuation of thousands of Irvine, CA, residents.

[AllaN01Bear]

1. im fed up with this media obsession of upscale homes , if this fire hit lo income neighborhoods

would any one care ? homes is homes dang nabbit. but i feel for anyone who loses their homes in any disaster .

[sandensea]

2. It IS true that's there classist bias in the media. But to be fair, Irvine's mostly middle class.

Yes, the homes there are valuable by average nationwide market standards - but that's because it's coastal California.

These, for the most part, are not wealthy people. Most of them are mortgaged to the hilt.

[EndlessWire]

3. You better believe someone would care

Every last firefighter, every support person...maybe people sank a lot of money into their homes, but it is easy to do in Cali.

[pfitz59]

4. I have family that evacuated

The Santa Ana winds are killer.

[sandensea]

5. All the Best to them, pfitz59

This too shall pass.