World News – US – Green light causes evacuations in Yorba Linda

A fire in Yorba Linda prompted some residents to evacuate their homes on Monday October 26

The green light was burning near the Green River Golf Club, north of Highway 91, city officials from Yorba Linda and Anaheim said on social media around 1:30 p.m.m Another 100-acre field of flames dubbed the Blue Ridge Fire was also burning in Yorba Linda on Monday in the Blue Ridge and Kodiak Mountain Drives area, Anaheim spokesperson Mike Lyster said.

Orange County Sheriff officials asked people living north of Hwy 91 east of Gypsum Canyon to immediately leave their homes Evacuation orders also included the Bryant Ranch School , 24695 Pso de Toronto, officials from the Placentya-Yorba Linda Unified School District said Parents have been advised to pick up their children from Esperanza High School, 1830 Kellogg Drive in Anaheim

#OCSDPIO Evacuation orders for Yorba Linda- north of Hwy 91 east of Gypsum Canyon, including Bryant Ranch Elementary Anyone in the affected area must evacuate immediately

The fire threw a plume of smoke into the air visible from miles away A red flag warning on Monday, triggered by gusty Santa Ana winds and low humidity, was active in southern California

Evacuation orders for green light were limited to Yorba Linda City of Anaheim was not immediately threatened, Lyster said However, authorities were monitoring

“It has the potential to come our way, depending on how the winds develop,” Lyster said “We haven’t had a major fire here since the Canyon 2 fire in 2018 , and before that there was the Freeway Complex fire, which was a shared tragedy for Anaheim and Yorba Linda »

Another blaze – the Silverado fire – broke out in Orange County on Monday and quickly exploded over thousands of acres and led to mandatory evacuations in the Silverado Canyon area

Winds were blowing between 35mph and 40mph on Monday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service Officials expected these to weaken in the evening, which will hopefully make things easier for firefighters able to tackle multiple fires in Orange County, Lyster said

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