Webcam Captures Its Own Destruction as Airport Fire Engulfs Weather Station

Dramatic timelapse footage shows a fast-moving wildfire destroying a weather-monitoring station on California’s Santiago Peak in the Santa Ana Mountains on Tuesday, September 10, as efforts continued to control the blaze.

Timelapse footage from an ALERT California webcam shows the Airport fire’s growth across the area on Tuesday morning, before the camera is engulfed in flames.

The Orange County Sheriff