Smoke from Laguna Niguel brush fire visible in parts of San Diego County

SAN DIEGO — Smoke from Wednesday’s brush fireplace in Laguna Niguel, which authorities say has burned greater than 180 acres in addition to a number of houses, may very well be seen from a number of areas of San Diego County.

The Orange County Hearth Authority stated the blaze, dubbed because the Coastal Hearth, first broke out round 2:45 p.m. in Aliso Woods Canyon.

Aerial footage from FOX 5’s sister station KTLA in Los Angeles confirmed numerous houses up in flames by the aggressive fireplace that unfold at a speedy tempo as a result of robust winds. Some residents have been pressured to evacuate from their houses, in keeping with authorities.

The Nationwide Climate Service in San Diego tweeted a time-lapse radar map of a smoke plume from the Coastal Hearth that may very well be seen between 5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. “transferring southeast with the move aloft off the coast of San Diego County.”

NWS additionally posted an image from their workplace in Rancho Bernardo of smoke aloft round 7:05 p.m.

Hearth officers in North County informed residents that smoke could also be seen, however that there’s no fireplace menace to their district.

FOX 5 was in a position to seize pictures of smoky skies in Mira Mesa and Kearny Mesa because the solar started to set.

No accidents or deaths have been reported right now in Orange County as firefighters proceed to struggle the blaze.