Huge Plumes of Smoke Billow From Airport Fire in Orange Country

Residents in parts of Orange County were forced to evacuate as a fast-spreading wildfire grew to nearly 2,000 acres on Monday, September 9.

The blaze broke out at an airport for small remote-controlled airplanes in Trabuco Canyon on Monday afternoon, according to the Orange County Fire Authority.

Mandatory evacuation orders were issued for residents in Rancho Santa Margarita.

Footage posted to X by user Michelle Irene shows a huge column of smoke billowing from the canyon, viewed from Lake Mission Viejo. Credit: Michelle Irene via Storyful

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