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here are some key facts based on rightwood fire one evacuation of rightwood thousands of people were forced to leave their homes and businesses in rightwood due to the rapidly growing bridge fire Two Fire expansion the bridge fire initially burned 800 acres in the Angeles National Forest over the weekend but exploded to 4,000 acres by Tuesday afternoon three rapid progression the fire's growth was so fast that by 6 p a.m. on the same day it had expanded to 34,2 47 Acres four no warning residents including business owner Robin Daly received no prior warning before evacuating the fire's rapid spread caught many by surprise five evacuation experience Robin Daly a local small business owner left rightwood with her family after noticing how quickly the situation worsened six traffic delays evacuations were slow due to fire Personnel arriving in rightwood from nearby highways but Daly and her family reached Upland in 45 minutes seven firefighting challenges firefighting resources were stretched thin due to three simultaneous major fires in Southern California firefighters requested help from Northern California and neighboring states eight emotional impact da expressed heartbreak as she had started her business to share the beauty of rightwood only to face the devastation caused by the fire nine evacuation communication authorities used loudspeakers and Sirens to inform residents of the need to evacuate 10 firefighting efforts firefighters worked throughout the night to contain the fire despite limited resources

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