Firefighters on at least two fronts were working today to control a wildfire that destroyed at least 16 Corona homes as it skipped back and forth through the Santa Ana River valley, growing into a super-fire dubbed the Triangle Complex fire.
The fire, which eventually prompted as many as 40,000 evacuations in Riverside and Orange counties Saturday, had active fronts early today in Carbon Canyon's Olinda Village area, where a church and mobile home park were threatened, and in Chino Hills in San Bernardino County.
Fire officials urged people who see flames advancing on their homes to go ahead and evacuate without waiting for official orders.
11/16/2008 CORONA -- Areas of Diamond Bar are under mandatory evacuation orders as the large Triangle Complex Fire continues to grow.
The eveacutation went into effect for people living in the Country Estates Gated community near the 57-Freeway.
As of Sunday morning the Orange County fire burned more than 10,000 acres and destroyed at least 100 homes. The Orange County Fire Authority said the fire is now 5 percent contained.
As many as 40,000 people were forced out of their homes across four counties; including Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties.
More hot, dry weather is expected Sunday. The relative humidity is expected to dip below 10 percent at times, and inland temperatures are forecast to push into the mid 90s.
Winds were relatively light compared to sustained winds around 30 mph Saturday. A few gusts hit 60 mph in the Anaheim Hills.
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A strong 7.5 magnitude earthquake occurred at a depth of about 13 miles (21 km) off the north coast of Sulawesi, Indonesia on Monday at 1:02 AM local time. Early news report from TimesOnline. USGS shake maps show estimates of Mercalli VIII and IX intensities along the north coast of the island.
Five years after she shattered her own course record by nearly two minutes at the ING New York City Marathon, Margaret Okayo will make her comeback debut alongside 30,000 runners at the inaugural Rock ‘n’ Roll San Antonio Marathon & ½ Marathon.
Okayo, of Kenya, who missed most of the past two years due to injuries, has won four major marathon titles during her career – two New York Marathons, one Boston Marathon and one London Marathon – and was a runner-up in Chicago, finishing with an impressive marathon debut of 2:26:00 in 1999. She also won back-to-back Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathons in San Diego where she holds the course record, running a 2:25:05 in 2001.
“I am very happy to come and compete in the first Rock and Roll San Antonio Marathon. This will be my comeback race, and I'm excited about this new event organized by Elite Racing,” said Okayo, winner of the 2003 Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon in Virginia Beach. “I have great memories of their races and it is a series which is very close to me. I hope to continue the good relationship with Elite as I have competed in, and won, many of their races.”
Okayo leads an exciting women's field which includes New Zealand Olympian Liza Hunter-Galvan, who resides locally in San Antonio, as well as Olympian Nuta Olaru of Romania, whose 2008 accomplishments include a seventh place finish at the Boston Marathon and a third place finish in San Diego...
