Trabuco Canyon fires deemed 'suspicious,' containment expected tonight
June 16, 2009 | 6:42
pm
Five small brush fires broke out in the Cleveland National Forest this afternoon, none though threatened any homes.
A pair of helicopters from the Orange County Fire Authority were holding the fire in check, and firefighters expect the flames to be contained sometime tonight, said Brian Harris, spokesman for the Cleveland National Forest.
The fires covered more than 2 acres deep in the Trabuco Canyon area, adjacent to the perimeter of the destructive Santiago fire of 2007. Harris said the origin of the fires was “suspicious” and that the blazes were probably caused by humans.
-- My-Thuan Tran
