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City of Orange website update:

Windy Ridge Fire Update - Monday, March 12 8 a.m.

The Windy Ridge fire has burned more than 2,000 acres. The fire is now 80 percent contained.

All evacuation orders have been lifted and all residents may return to their homes. All roads are open. All schools in the Orange Unified School District are open today, including Anaheim Hills Elementary. Irvine Park is the staging area for the firefighting effort and will remain closed to the public today.

Thank you Vicki for all of your updates. When my daughter called me yesterday AM because she could see the fire from her bedroom window. My first thought was if you can not find anything via TV or other websites get on the Rim of the World.net because we have a wonderful team of folks that monitor the whole area.

You are amazing.

I am praying for a quiet day on the fire lines.

WINDY RIDGE IC IS PICKING UP AGAIN, HOW BAD I DONT KNOW , WINDS ARE STARTING TO COME AROUND AGAIN, BE ALERT EVERYONE IN THAT AREA PLEASE,

ONE minute you think your safe and ready to head home sweet home then little while later , your back doing the same thing waiting to see if you have to leave,, winds do weird things to fires, as we have been hearing and seeing, i pray you all area safe out there in this area ,

this is from windy ridge update on roads and school programs

as of 11am , the windy ridge ridr has burnes over 2,000 acres * yes we know alittle more than this really
all evacs are open , but they do have a voluntary evac if the person needs to get out of the area , like having asthma and staying in house doesnt help,, then yes they are free to leave if wanted,
but nothing is mandatory as yet

all schools in teh orange unified school districe is open,, including anaheim hills, irving park is closed except to the fire personnel and media

due to poor air quality the city of orange , the mobil recreation program and the after = school progream at prospect / grijalva and el camino will be closed today ,, the killifeel ? after school program will be open but children will remain in doors ,
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UPDATE ON ROADS IN THE AREA

AS OF 11:33AM SB 241 THE #3, 4 LANES WILL BE REMAIN CLOSED UNTILL APPROX 1800 HOURS,
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WHATS happening is the ffs are waiting to see if the winds are going to come in off the ocen if it does then the winds will change and send the fire in the another direction, this is for the be on alert kind of thing,,
sometimes the winds come in at nite, or early evening,, and make things difficult for the ffs,, its a wait and see game almost,, sorry

windy ridge ic , is not moving all that but is moving into heavier brush this is making the darker browish smoke, from what im getting

if anyone has a hand held scanner here are some of the frequenices that were used yesterday i would say they are sill in used for today

151.220 CDF AIR TO GROUND
151.250 CDF TAC 5
151.265 CDF COMMAND 2
151.310 CDF AIR TACTIES - 6

OR CO FIRE AUTHORITY CW TRS TALKGROUPS

2672 DISPATCH
2704 5B DISPATCH
2800 4C DIVISION1/4 COMMAND
2832 4F DIVISION 1/4 SEASONAL TACTICAL
2832 5A AIR CRAFT SUPPORT
2896 5C DIVISION 2 PRIMARY TACTICAL
2928 5D DIVISON 3 PRIMARY TACTICAL
3696 2O O- TAC ANAHEIM EOC
4176 4O ALTERNATE TACTICAL
4400 5O COMMAND 2
4268 5M N- TAC'
6512 TAN-6 COMMAND POST
118 .980 OC FIRE AND SHERIFF AIR CRAFT WATER DROPS
123.025 NEWS MEDIA, AIR CRAFT

Sorry all - I have been out today.

Update from ocfa.org - change in number of structures and preliminary cause:

Monday, March 12, 2007 4:20 PM

ACRES BURNED AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT: 2,036 acres.

STRUCTURES BURNED: At least three structures have received fire damage - two out-structures and one home with moderate roof damage.

PRELIMINARY CAUSE OF FIRE: Incendiary to a vehicle around the Windy Ridge toll plaza and the vehicle was stolen.

ESTIMATED CONTAINMENT: 80% contained (Full containment is anticipated by 3/13/07.)

From CHP CAD:

4:37PM FIRE CLOSURE UPDATE, SB 241 # 3-4 LNS UNTIL APPROX 2000 HRS (8PM)^

me too vicki just got home so i know nothing sorry guys, had to work

heres what iam finding out so far about this fire ,
acres burned at this time: 2,036
structures burned: at least 3 have recieved fire damage , 2 out building s and 1 home recieved fire damage
reported injuries-- 2 ffs have recieved minor injury and one has moderate injuries
road closures -- all roads are now completley open
evacs-- all evacs have been lifted, ( voluntary only)
cause of the fire-- stolen car destroying evidence
current condition-- fire is traveling west bound by the winds
estimate containment-- 80% ( full containment expect by tuesday at noon
estimate control date -- 6mp on tuesday nite
**** full control means there is no longer a threat of the fire jumping over any fire lines
weather conditions -- still red flag warnings up thru tonite

ill repost if anything more goes on, rest easy

FIRE UPDATE: 7AM: Seems that the Lake Matthews fire has been contained, and will no longer appear on the map. The only one left is nearly contained but enough to be placed the map, which is the Windy Ridge. The lower level winds will blow the smoke to the Southeast , along the I-5 Freeway, and where the 215 and 15 meet near Temecula we expect it going Northeast over the Hemet Valleys and onward to the banning pass. Because the fire is rather small, no real danger of ashfall in the farthest locations.

from ocfa.org

Tuesday, March 13, 2007 8:00 AM

ACRES BURNED AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT: 2,036 acres.

STRUCTURES BURNED: At least three structures have received fire damage - two out-structures were destroyed and one home received moderate roof damage.

REPORTED INJURIES: Two firefighters have received minor injuries and one has received moderate injuries.

PRELIMINARY CAUSE OF FIRE: Incendiary to a vehicle around the Windy Ridge toll plaza and the vehicle was stolen. Anyone with information should call their local police department, fire department, or the OCFA arson tip line at (800) 540-8282.

CURRENT CONDITION: Fire is traveling westbound driven by the winds.

ESTIMATED CONTAINMENT: 90% contained (Full containment is anticipated by noon 3/13/07.)

ESTIMATED CONTROL DATE: 6:00 PM 3/13/07 (Full control means that there is no longer a threat of the fire jumping over the containment lines.)

FIRE UPDATE: 10AM - This update is to tell you the plume is expect to change direction in response to an incoming onshore flow. This means that the plume from the Windy Ridge Fire will be going North-Northeast over the Inland Empire and Ontario areas, heading over the Cajon Pass and intot he high desert. Just because you don't see it, doesn't mean it's not there. It could be lightly spreading, but none-the-less it is going to be going that way. Will update further.

For map visit
www.ontarioweatherservice.com/sws.html

thanks guys i bet it does

Good news for fire work!
Northern winds out of the Central California coast are speeding up and heading into the Western Catalina area. This will spin up an eddy, and cause the marine layer to move into the coastal areas within the next few hours. Should be a rather high marine layer, but dewpoints will increase along the coast. Labeled "L" is where we believe the eddy will form.
view the map at.
www.ontarioweatherservice.com/sws.html