KUSI's MattPrichardTV is at the scene of the Coastal Fire near Laguna Niguel, where the fast-moving flames have burned dozens of huge homes. More details to come on our newscast at 10 p.m.
LAGUNA NIGUEL – A wind- and terrain-driven fire chewed through at least 200 acres of brush in Aliso Wood Canyon between Laguna Niguel and Laguna Beach Wednesday, then marched relentlessly through an enclave of multimillion-dollar estates on the hillside overlooking the ocean, burning at least 13 homes.
The fire was estimated to be about three acres as of 3:30 p.m., but spread to at least 30 acres by 5 p.m. Thirty minutes later, the OCFA put the blaze at 150 acres with no containment. Crews on scene estimated the size at about 200 acres by 6:15 p.m. At least 13 homes were seen burning as the flames crested a hilltop and advanced into an exclusive neighborhood, swallowing homes along La Vue and Coronado Pointe near the Aliso Summit Trail. Multiple homes were destroyed by the blaze.
“My clothes smell from the hour I spent in the house,” Nuss-Galles told The Times. “It’s just plumes of smoke. It’s very scary.”The flames advanced even as fixed-wing planes dropped fire retardant on the hillside in hopes of slowing the advance of the flames. Several water- dropping helicopters were also being employed in the firefight.
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