Irvine Residents Find Refuge in Evacuation Centers During Silverado Fire

An American Red Cross trailer is parked outside an overnight evacuation center used to house people displaced by the Silverado Fire at University High School in Irvine, Calif., on Oct. 27, 2020. Jack Bradley/The Epoch Times

Thousands of residents of the City of Irvine in Orange County, California, have been forced to evacuate their homes under mandatory orders due to the raging Silverado Fire.

While some checked into hotels and others went to the homes of relatives, those with nowhere else to go flocked to city-run evacuation centers set up at local high schools and community facilities.