FireScenes.Net

In November of 2008, I had the good fortune to be able to travel to southern California during a period of wildland and urban interface fires. Over the course of two days, there were a series of three different fires that occurred in near proximity to each other. They were dubbed the Brea, Yorba Linda, and Carbon Canyon fires in Orange County. As the winds moved the fires, the boundaries of each became blurred, and they expanded into each other. This new combination of the fires was named the Freeway Complex Fire … also at some point the Triangle Complex Fire.

Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

Images here are from what was originally the Brea fire, shot at the end of a cul-de-sac where two engine companies had taken defensive positions to protect the homes on this block from the fire that was traveling along the ridge line. One engine was from Brea and the other was Santa Ana. There were homes in a canyon behind this area that was too dangerous for companies to enter, and subsequently those homes were destroyed.

Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

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