As firefighters battled to save homes in the Coronado Pointe neighborhood, fleeing residents wondered whether theirs had survived.
Soon, flames pushed past a dirt trail and began licking up onto the edge of a row of sprawling ocean-view homes in Laguna Niguel. Wind gusts from the Pacific Ocean topped 20 mph, causing palm trees to sway and carrying embers into homes.As firefighters battled to save homes in the Coronado Pointe neighborhood, fleeing residents were left to wonder whether theirs had survived.
“My clothes smell from the hour I spent in the house,” she said. “It’s just plumes of smoke. It’s very scary.” Around 5:30 p.m., sheriff’s deputies went door to door in her neighborhood to tell people to evacuate.Tim White, 54, evacuated his Laguna Niguel house with his wife. He said he lives in the Monarch Summit neighborhood, south of the fire, and decided to move Wednesday before the order came.
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