Update: Norte Fire in Orange County Reaches 60% Containment; Size Holds at 570 Acres
ORANGE COUNTY — CAL FIRE's official incident page was updated at 5:10 p.m. on Sunday, October 18: the Norte Fire, burning in the San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano area, is now 60% contained, with its size unchanged at 570 acres. Containment had stood at 50% in the official update at 10:20 a.m. that day; the evening update added ten more points.
The fire's containment sequence: after breaking out on October 16, it stood at 0%, rose to 5% on the morning of October 17 and to 25% that evening, when evacuation orders for San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano were all lifted effective 6 p.m.; containment reached 50% on the morning of October 18, evacuation shelters closed at 12:38 p.m., and containment rose to 60% by evening. According to the incident page, the burn scar remains closed as an active fire hazard area, and Via La Mirada remains closed north of Esperanza to allow crews to keep working.
The Norte Fire began at 11:33 a.m. on October 16 near Portico Del Norte and Eminencia Del Norte in San Clemente, under the jurisdiction of the Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA). Officials have previously reported six homes damaged or destroyed, and the cause remains under investigation. The Capistrano Unified School District has confirmed that all of its schools return to a normal schedule on Monday, October 19.
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：Norte Fire 态势图，Watch Duty 截图（美西时间10月17日13时50分截取，本轮重新裁切）。图中红色周界为火场范围，标注的570.3英亩为州消防情报（FIRIS）航测数据，与官方公布的570英亩相符；截取时 San Clemente 与 San Juan Capistrano 部分分区仍在疏散令下，该批疏散令已于10月17日晚全部解除。最新官方数据以正文为准：加州消防局（CAL FIRE）10月18日下午5时10分通报控制率升至60%。图片来源：Watch Duty。 Situation map of the Norte Fire, Watch Duty screenshot taken at 1:50 p.m. PDT on Oct. 17 (re-cropped for this update). The red outline is the fire perimeter; the 570.3-acre label is FIRIS aerial-mapping data, consistent with the official 570 acres. Evacuation orders in effect at capture time were all lifted on the evening of Oct. 17. The latest official figures are in the text: CAL FIRE reported 60% containment at 5:10 p.m. on Oct. 18. Source: Watch Duty.
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