11 Year Anniversary of Freeway Fire

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Today we remember the toll the Freeway Complex Fire took on those in Orange, Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties. The fire burned 30,305 acres and more than 300 homes were damaged or destroyed–mostly in Yorba Linda. Ninety-five percent of Chino Hills State Park burned as well. We are forever grateful for the firefighters from near and far that helped extinguish the flames under unimaginable weather conditions and to the residents who took to firefighting themselves when no emergency … Read More

Spring 2019

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Spring 2019 (PDF – 714 KB) Highlights: Tonner Canyon (Tres Hermanos) Stunning Poppy Bloom Esperanza Hills Hidden Oaks Matrix Oil Drilling Stalled Significant Ecological Area Ordinance Congrats to Mike Hughes! Diamond Bar General Plan Update 2008 Freeway Complex Fire Remembered

Freeway Complex Fire Map

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On November 15, 2008 two fires started on opposite ends of the hills about two hours apart. The first fire ignited near the 91 Freeway on the eastern side of the hills in Corona by an automobile exhaust catching dry brush on fire, while the second fire began nearly 11 miles away to the northwest, in Brea, due to an unmaintained power line that also ignited dry brush. Download the Freeway Complex Fire Map as a PDF.

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