A day and night of swirling wind gusts coupled with dry weather pushed the Silverado Fire to swell thousands of acres overnight, burning at least 12,600 total acres north of Irvine in Orange County, California, as of mid-afternoon on Oct. 27.
“We have seen some really extraordinary wind events in the last 48 hours,” said Gov. Gavin Newsom at an Oct. 27 press conference. “The challenges with low humidity and dry air is creating these rather extreme and dangerous fire conditions throughout the state of California.”
