Riverside County brush fires burning homes, triggering evacuations

Published: Jul 21, 2024 Duration: 00:02:06 Category: News & Politics

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NEWS. WE HAVE MORE BREAKING NEWS, THOUGH, TO TELL YOU ABOUT, AND IT'S ABOUT FIRES BURNING RIGHT NOW. CREWS BATTLING AN INTENSE BRUSH FIRE BURNING AMONG HOMES IN RIVERSIDE. YOU'RE LOOKING LIVE AT THE SCENE HERE FROM AIR 7 AT LEAST THREE HOMES BURNING RIGHT NOW. >> THE EVACUATION ORDERS ARE NOW IN PLACE AS HUNDREDS OF ACRES HAVE ALREADY BURNED. EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER SOPHIE FLAY LIVE FOR US THIS AFTERNOON IN RIVERSIDE, WITH MORE ON THE CONDITIONS THERE. SOPHIE, WHAT ARE YOU ABLE TO SHARE? >> YEAH, GUYS, A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE SMOKE. I MEAN, YOU CAN TASTE THE SMOKE. THAT'S JUST HOW STRONG IT IS. AND IF YOU TAKE A LOOK BEHIND ME HERE, WHERE THAT FIRE HAS ALREADY CLAIMED ONE HOME RIGHT BEHIND US HERE, YOU CAN SEE CREWS ARE WORKING HARD TO PUT OUT THE FLAMES. AT LEAST TWO FIRE TRUCKS WE CAN SEE FROM HERE. AND IF MY PHOTOGRAPHER IS GOING TO PAN DOWN TO THE RIGHT HAND SIDE HERE, AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE THAT FIRE HAS ALREADY BURNED AGAIN, DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO MANY HOMES IN THIS AREA. RIGHT OFF OF CHARTWELL DRIVE. WE WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME VIDEO THAT WE'RE GETTING IN OF THIS FIRE, BECAUSE IT ALMOST LOOKS STRAIGHT OUT OF A MOVIE. PEOPLE SEEN BIKING BY THE BRUSH FIRE EARLIER TODAY. MOMENTS LATER, PINK RETARDANT DROPPED OVER THE FLAMES AND HELICOPTERS HAVE CONTINUED TO DROP WATER OVER THIS AREA THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. AIR SEVEN FLEW OVER THE SAME HOME. WE WERE JUST STANDING IN FRONT OF A SHOWING THE ROOF AND, THE HOME JUST COMPLETELY ENGULFED IN FLAMES AGAIN. FIREFIGHTERS SCENE HOSING DOWN THIS HOME ON CHARTWELL DRIVE. AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE SEEING EVACUATIONS. EVACUATION ORDERS WERE GIVEN BY RIVERSIDE POLICE FOR EAGLE CREST COURT AND CHARTWELL DRIVE, HORACE STREET AND HAWARDEN DRIVE, NOW BARRY ROAD AND VILLA VISTA. THE BRUSH FIRE BROKE OUT JUST AFTER 1 P.M, AND MORE THAN 400 ACRES BURNED WITH 0% CONTAINMENT, ACCORDING TO RIVERSIDE FIRE. AND ABOUT 15 MILES FROM HERE, NEAR CORONA, CREWS ARE BATTLING ANOTHER FIRE, THE EAGLE FIRE, WHICH HAS BURNED MORE THAN 300 ACRES HERE IN HOWARD, AND UNITS FROM SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY ARE ASSISTING WITH THE ATTACK. AND WE WANT TO COME BACK LIVE OUT HERE. YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, JUST JUST A FEW INCHES FROM MY FEET HERE WHERE THE FIRE CAME UP TO AGAIN, DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO SO MANY HOMES. THIS IS A VERY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. AND FOR MORE UPDATES ON EVACUATIONS AS CREWS CONTINUE TO BATTLE

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