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60,000 Evacuated as Silverado Fire in Irvine Scorches Thousands of Acres

60,000 Evacuated as Silverado Fire in Irvine Scorches Thousands of Acres
A firefighter works as the Silverado Fire burns toward a home in Orange County in Irvine, Calif., on Oct. 26, 2020. Mario Tama/Getty Images
Sarah Le
Sarah Le
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About 60,000 people were forced to evacuate in the Irvine area on Oct. 26 due to the Silverado Fire, amid red-flag conditions that prompted power blackouts across Southern California.

The blaze started at 6:47 a.m. around Santiago Canyon Road and Silverado Canyon Road, and quickly grew to more than 4,000 acres in a matter of hours with no containment.

Sarah Le
Sarah Le
reporter
Sarah Le is an editor for The Epoch Times in Southern California. She lives with her husband and two children in Los Angeles.
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