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Freeway Complex Fire-Intense Helmet Cam Footage

The Freeway Complex Fire was a wildfire in the Santa Ana Canyon area of Orange County in the US state of California. The fire is notable for the extensive property damage in Anaheim Hills and Yorba Linda. 314 residences were destroyed or damaged in these two communities.

The term "Complex Fire" is one that we use to identify and name a Large Wildland fire that where one or more other fires converge into one.Sometimes,you will hear the term "Firestorm" to denote these types of fires. However,a Complex fire can be much worse than a firestorm taking into account the many fronts that the fire represents.

This Fire shown is where I grew up in SoCal.

Freeway Complex Fire, also known as the Triangle Complex Fire or Corona Fire, began 9:01 a.m. PDT November 15, 2008, along the Riverside Freeway (California State Route 91) in the riverbed of the Santa Ana River located in Corona, California.The fire spread west and north into the hillsides of Yorba Linda and south into Anaheim Hills, where multiple businesses and residences were destroyed. It also burned homes in Olinda Ranch along Carbon Canyon Road in Brea, burned through much of Chino Hills, then spread north into Diamond Bar.

The Landfill Fire, also known as the "Brea Fire," was reported at 10:43 a.m. PDT on Saturday, November 15, 2008, and started near the 1900 block of Valencia Avenue in Brea, just south of the Olinda Landfill. It quickly spread West and eventually jumped the Orange (57) Freeway.

The Landfill Fire merged with the Freeway Fire at 3:30 a.m. PDT on November 16, 2008. At approximately 7:00 a.m. PDT the two fires were officially renamed the Triangle Complex Fire. Around 12:45 p.m. the "Triangle Complex Fire" had been renamed again to the "Freeway Complex Fire" still using the OCFA incident number CA-ORC-08075221.

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Added: Dec-22-2010 Occurred On: Nov-14-2008
By: Fire37Rescue
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Tags: Wildland Fire, Complex Fire, Firestorm, Helmet Cam footage, Fire and Aviation, Water Drops, Intense, Yorba Linda, Brea, Orange County Fire Authority
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