The Freeway Complex fire that has already hopscotched from one city to another in the hills between Anaheim, Corona and Chino made a quick turn to the north Sunday morning, threatening homes in the Los Angeles County city of Diamond Bar.
The gated Country Estates section in Diamond Bar was the first section firefighters decided to evacuate.
To the south, the Orange County Fire Authority called for renewed evacuations in Yorba Linda, as erratic winds again threatened homes that escaped the first wave of fire Saturday.
Officials in Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties grappled with evacuating thousands of residents from Chino Hills south into Anaheim.
Dozens of residences in unincorporated villages like Sleepy Hollow and Olinda were lost to fire, as the fast-moving fire destroyed at least 100
residences.
At least 15 homes in an exclusive Yorba Linda enclave burned after water
ran out, fire officials said today.
The fire was renamed the Triangle Complex Fire, then the Freeway Complex Fire.
As many as 40,000 people were ordered out of their homes in the four
counties by mid-morning.
Story by CBS2
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