Airport fire in Orange County: Evacuations, road closures, shelters

A firefighting helicopter battles the Airport fire in Orange County, which has grown to more than 9,000 acres. The Airport fire is burning near homes in south Orange County and Riverside County and has forced evacuations. The fire The blaze started about 1:30 p.m. Monday along the 32200 block of Trabuco Creek Road near a field in Trabuco Canyon for remote-controlled airplanes. The Orange County Sheriff’s Department is encouraging residents living along a number of roads where the fire poses a threat to evacuate, including: Rose Canyon Road Trabuco Creek Road Trabuco Canyon Road Trabuco Oaks Drive Joplin Loop Cook’s Corner In Riverside County, the area to the north of the South Main Divide, south of Temescal Canyon Road, east of the Orange County-Riverside County line, and west of Lake Street-Grand Avenue are under mandatory evacuation orders. Road closures The Orange County Fire Authority says roads are closed at these intersections: Plano Trabuco Road and Joshua Drive Plano Trabuco and Robinson Ranch roads Antonio Parkway and Alas de Paz Trabuco Canyon and Trabuco Creek roads Santa Margarita and Antonio parkways Santiago Canyon and Live Oak Canyon roads Ortega Highway east of the Nichols Institute to Grand Avenue in Lake Elsinore California SoCal monster fires explode: Homes burn, 13 hurt, communities threatened Three wildfires raged in Southern California on Tuesday night.