Evacuation orders remain in place as Airport Fire continues to burn in Trabuco Canyon

Published: Sep 09, 2024 Duration: 00:06:24 Category: News & Politics

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STARTS RIGHT NOW. ♪ >> BREAKING NEWS, MULTIPLE FIRES BURN ACROSS SOCAL. >> EXTREME HEAT OVER YOU AND SMOKE IMPACTING AIR QUALITY FOR MILLIONS. >> THREE MAJOR FIRES IN OUR AREA, RICH CLIENT SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS. LINE FIRE ISLAND IN THE MOUNTAINS AND ORANGE COUNTY. AIRPORT FIRE TURBYFILL CANYON. >> LIVE TEAM COVERAGE BRING ACROSS SOCAL. >> AIRPORT FIRE IN COUNTY. >> FLAMES CONTINUE TO BURN OF THE HILLSIDE WILL TAKE A LOOK BEHIND ME. YOU CAN SEE IT NOW THAT IT'S NIGHTTIME, THE GLOBAL THE FLAMES ON THE HILLSIDE AS FIREFIGHTERS CONTINUE THEIR FIGHT OUT HERE. >> GRABBED HER ALSO IS A LITTLE% SMOKE AND FLAMES BURNED BEHIND HER HOME. >> WE HOPEFULLY WILL ENCOURAGE AND HAVE A BEER. >> DOOR TO DOOR EVACUATING 1400 HOMES IN THE COMMUNITY. FIRE CREWS CLAIMS AGGRESSIVELY IN THE AIR DROPPING THOUSANDS OF GALLONS IN WATER AND FIRE RETARDANT. >> THE THIRD FIRE WE'VE HAD IN THE AREA BUT NEVER THIS BIG OR CLOSE. >> I OFFICIALS SAY AIRPORT FIRES STARTED AROUND 1:30 P.M. OFFICIALS CALL IT IF UNINTENTIONAL FIRE SPARKED WHILE COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS CREWS WERE MOVING FOLDERS IN THE AREA. >> OPERATORS SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE AREA. >> CREWS TRY TO USE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS BUT UNSUCCESSFUL. IN THE MIDST OF THE FIREFIGHT, TWO FIREFIGHTERS HAD TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL WITH HEAT RELATED INJURIES AND ONE PERSON WAS TAKEN SMOKE INHALATION. BY NIGHTFALL, FIREFIGHTERS WERE ABLE TO GET THE UPPER HAND ON THE FLAMES. >> GOOD NEWS, THE AIRPORT FIRE IS RUNNING AWAY FROM THE COMMUNITY OF ROBERTSON PRESIDENTS ARE OUT OF THE CLEAR GET, HE REMAINED HOPEFUL. >> IF THE WIND CHANGES DIRECTION'S -- AND AM GREATLY CONCERNED WITH THE BREEZES BLOWING DOWN, NOT TOO MUCH. >> YOU BUSY LAMES BURNING ON THE HILLSIDE, WE ARE TOLD THROUGH THE NIGHT THEY HAVE NIGHTTIME FLYING CAPABILITY WHICH MEANS THEY WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE AIRCRAFT THROUGH THE NIGHT IF THEY DO NEED IT. HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS, WE KNOW NO STRUCTURES OF THE DAMAGED IN THE FIRE. FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS AND THE PERSON RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL, WE ARE TOLD ALL WILL BE OKAY. >> LIVED LOOK FROM PSYCHO. >> DOZEN SHOT LINE OVER THE FLAMES. WHAT YOU SEE? >> JUST ONE SECTION OF THE AIRPORT FIRE BURNING MAYBE THE CLOSE NEIGHBORHOODS BUT I'M RETARDANT NOT TOO FAR FROM THE ORANGE COUNTIES HIGHEST RISK A LOT OF RADIO TOWERS AND COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT THE TOP YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF FIREFIGHTERS UP TO PART OF FIRE RETARDANT AND PLASTIC DROPS HAD TO CALL IT A NIGHT. THEY DID DROP PART OF IT WITH DEFINITELY A LOT OF ACTIVITY OF THE TOP FIREFIGHTERS IN VERACRUZ HOPEFULLY PREVENTING. DAMAGE FROM TAKING PLACE. WE CAN'T BE FLYING THAT HIGH ALTITUDE OVERNIGHT OVER RUGGED TERRAIN BUT YOU CAN SEE HOW FAR, HAVE FAR TO THE SOUTH. HOPEFULLY WE HAVE FIRE RETARDANT DROPPING COME BACK AND AND 130 HERCULES MASSIVE CAPACITY UNTIL WE GET A LITIGANT IT WILL BE A WORK OF OF OF HELICOPTER DROPPINGS. THOUSANDS OF ACRES BURNING. >> HARD TO MISS THE WILL. >> MIKE ROGERS LIVE AT THE DESK. HOW TURNED SHOULD WE BE ABOUT THE TOWERS? >> WE ARE JUST TALKING, THEY DO HAVE A STRIKE TEAM PROTECTING THE TOWERS. WE HAVE A BULLET BUT SO DOES LAW ENFORCEMENT. I WANT TO SHOW YOU VIDEO FROM PSYCHO FOR YOU CAN SEE THE HILLTOP THERE, THEY ARE CONCERNED FOR THE FIRE IS RUNNING TO RADIO TELEVISION THE POWERS FROM DAYTIME COMPOST THE CLAIMS WERE SEVERAL HOURS AGO. THE HIGHEST PEAK AND COULD BE CONCERNING. WANT TO SHOW YOU, A WILDFIRE CAMERA AT THE SITE AND YOU CAN SEE HOW CLOSE THE FLAMES ARE GETTING. WE A SHIFT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS TO WANTING TO PROTECT THE SITE DID RETARDANT JOBS THERE AND PHYSICAL STRIKE TEAMS TO PROTECT AS WELL.

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