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The Emerald Fire was first reported at 4:09 a.m., according to the Orange County Fire Authority. Video from Sky2 showed a wall of flames on the ridgeline above Emerald Bay, which is a gated community with dozens of large, multimillion-dollar homes.
“We just heard the police coming by on the loudspeaker, ‘mandatory evacuation,’ maybe two or three minutes ago…so after I speak with you, I’ll probably get in my car and head south,” evacuee Dana Taschner told CBSLA’s Kara Finnstrom. Crews from multiple agencies were battling the fire on the ground and in the air. The Los Angeles County Fire Department dispatched two water-dropping helicopters to assist in the firefight. CAL Fire was also sending in six air tankers. Fennessy said the plan is to use the air tankers to pretreat the ridgeline between north Emerald Bay and Newport Beach with retardant in order to hold the fire on the ridge.
The fire will continue to be buoyed by strong Santa Ana winds, coupled with unseasonably warm temperatures in the mid-70s.
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