Airport Fire torches over 23,000 acres

Published: Sep 11, 2024 Duration: 00:02:01 Category: News & Politics
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Gracia. Back to you. Gigi, thank you. Crews battling the airport fire are making slow but steady progress, thanks in part to much cooler weather conditions. We've got Mario Ramirez live in Lake Elsinore with the latest there. Mario. Good morning. Good morning. The spread of the airport fire has significantly slowed, in part thanks to those cooler temperatures. With another day on tap. However, there are still road closures in the area. School closures and mandatory evacuation orders in place. Let's go to the video here showing you the latest activity over the last 24 hours, ground crews actively making fire lines where they can, also relying on water dropping helicopters as they work in steep terrain nearly impossible to hike through in some areas. Cal Fire officials estimate the airport fire is at just over 23,000 acres and 5% contained, growing about 1000 acres overnight. The fire began Monday afternoon in Trabuco Canyon and within 24 hours had rushed up the canyons and hillsides, cresting into Riverside County, where it damaged structures and homes along the Ortega Highway and El Cariso village, a mountain community of about 60 homes. There many of them burned to the ground, along with torched vehicles in the area. We can tell you that temperatures began slowly dropping Tuesday, which fire officials say has been a huge benefit in the attack. The change in weather slowed the fire's growth and empowered the ground and air forces to significantly improve fire lines, including ones that will protect the communities in the event of any wind changes. Now burn scars from the Holy Fire in 2018 and 2022, in the same area, also providing breaks in the fuel feeding that fire. However, mandatory evacuation orders in place for hundreds of Foothill and Mountain residents in Orange and Riverside counties, where the fire continues to burn officials say. Back out here live containment at 5% right now is expected to jump up significantly today, and we're expecting an update here

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