Laguna Beach Fire Destroys Homes, Forces Evacuations

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Published 2022-05-12
Winds in Southern California sent embers from a what started as a small brush fire flying in the coastal community of Laguna Niguel on Wednesday.

More than 20 homes were destroyed, many of them multimillion-dollar mansions.

One firefighter suffered non-life threatening injuries. The cause of the fire is still being investigated.

Firefighters said drought and climate change have combined to make fires that were once easy to contain extremely dangerous for people and property.

Forecasters on Thursday issued red flag warnings of extreme wildfire danger because of low humidity levels, erratic winds and warm temperatures.

The same combination of weather conditions have contributed over the last month to much worse than normal spring wildfires in the U.S.

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