Airport Fire burns more than 23,000 acres in Orange, Riverside counties

Published: Sep 11, 2024 Duration: 00:03:06 Category: News & Politics

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CHANG KTLA, 5 NEWS KIMBERLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> AND NOW TURNING TO THE RAGING AIRPORT FIRE THAT'S BURNED MORE THAN 23,000 ACRES IN ORANGE AND RIVERSIDE COUNTIES, FIREFIGHTERS SAY THAT FAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE HELPING THEM FIGHT THE FLAMES WHICH IS NOW 5% CONTAINED. KTLA FIVE'S CHIP YOST LIVE NOW IN LAKE ELSINORE THE LATEST CHIP. >> YEAH, THEY'RE GOING WE ARE ABOVE SMOKY AND HAZY LAKE ELSINORE YOU CAN SEE BACK HERE AND THE REASON WHY WE DO HAVE TO LOOK FAR TO SEE WHY EITHER THE HILLSIDES RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF LAKE ELSINORE ARE SCORCHED FROM THIS AIRPORT FIRE A FIRE THAT STARTED IN ORANGE COUNTY ON MONDAY. WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THE BIGGER PICTURE OF THIS FIRE IN A MOMENT, BUT FIRST WANT TO UPDATE YOU ABOUT SOME HORSES WE TOLD YOU ABOUT YESTERDAY YOU MAY REMEMBER YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WE SHOWED YOU THIS VIDEO OF SOME HORSES OFF OF ORTEGA HIGHWAY ON A RANCH. RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BURN SCAR YOU COULD SEE AROUND THE WHOLE PROPERTY WHERE THOSE HORSES WERE SCOURGE SCORCHED EARTH. >> BUT WHERE THE HORSES WERE THE ABOVE WHERE THEY LIVE WHERE THEY WERE WHERE THEY WERE THEY WERE OKAY THE ONLY PROBLEM WAS THEY NEEDED WATER. WE'RE TOLD THAT SOME WATER LINES ARE BROKEN IN THE AREA JUST A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT DO WE DROVE BACK UP THERE. WE SAW FIREFIGHTERS WERE GIVING THOSE FORCES SOME WATERS THAT SOME GOOD NEWS, THIS HORSE IS DOING OK, THOUGH THEY ARE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS AIRPORT FIRE AND SHOW YOU SOME VIDEO OF SOME OF THE DAMAGE SOME OF THE PLACES THAT WEREN'T SO FORTUNATE IN THIS AIRPORT FIRE. WE KNOW THE AIRPORT FIRE HAS BEEN A LOT OF DAMAGE THERE HAVE BEEN SOME HOMES LOST A LOT OF CARS BURNED WE DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBERS ON EITHER OF THOSE ARE THE AMOUNT OF PROPERTY LOST IN THIS FIRE, BUT WE KNOW THERE HAS BEEN SOME WE'VE BEEN UP IN THERE. >> WE'VE SEEN IT, BUT THERE HAS BEEN SOME GOOD NEWS LATE YESTERDAY WE GOT NEWS THAT THE FIRE HAD ONLY GROWN A LITTLE BIT SINCE THE PREVIOUS UPDATE FROM TO ABOUT 22,000 ACRES MORE THAN 23,000 ACRES YESTERDAY THEY ALSO THE SOME ANOTHER PIECE OF GOOD NEWS, IT GREW FROM 0% CONTAINMENT TO 5% CONTAINMENT A LITTLE BIT AGO WE SPOKE WITH AN ORANGE COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY CAPTAIN WHO SAID TODAY THINGS CONTINUE TO LOOK GOOD. >> WHETHER IT'S MUCH COOLER TODAY, THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS GONE UP. AND WE'VE HAD THIS GREAT MARINE LAYER OF MORNING LONG. SO BASING THE FIRE SPREAD HAS BEEN MINIMAL SO AGE IT GREW A LITTLE BIT OVERNIGHT THAT WE HAVE FIREFIGHTERS ABLE TO WORK. IT'S SO MUCH COOLER IT WAS IN THE HUNDREDS AND THE HIGH 90'S, THOSE FIRST FEW DAYS, BUT WE BEGIN THIS GREAT RECOVERY AND SO ARC CONTAINMENT LINES ARE GROWING. >> THERE ARE STILL EVACUATION ORDERS IN PLACE BOTH FOR RIVERSIDE COUNTY AND ORANGE COUNTY AGAIN THIS STARTED INTERVIEW COKING IN ORANGE COUNTY ON MONDAY AND MOVED INTO RIVERSIDE COUNTY IT'S ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ORTEGA HIGHWAY THAT MAP SHOWS YOU SOME OF THE EVACUATION AREAS OF COURSE THINGS COULD CHANGE IF YOU WANT SOME UPDATES ON THE RIVERSIDE SIDE OF THINGS YOU CAN GO TO READY DOT ORG AND FIND SOME UPDATES THERE ON THE RIVERSIDE EVACUATIONS ON THE ORANGE COUNTY SIDE YOU CAN GO TO A WEBSITE OC SHERIFF DOT GOV SLASH AIRPORT FIRE OC SHERIFF DOT GOV SLASH AIRPORT FIRE TO GET SOME INFORMATION ON THE LATEST NEWS ABOUT EVACUATIONS BUT THINGS LOOKING PRETTY GOOD IN MY EYES, HE SAID THE TEMPERATURES

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