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Crews stop progress of brush fire in Irvine near 405 Freeway

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Firefighters tackled a brush fire in Irvine near the 405 Freeway on Sunday, Sept. 15. The fire burned near Shady Canyon Drive, just west of the freeway, Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Paul Holaday said. It had scorched about three acres by 5:15 p.m, then grew to between 15 and 20 acres before crews managed…

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Firefighters, residents get lucky with Horseshoe fire

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Firefighters took advantage of favorable winds and fought fire with fire against a weekend blaze that forced a couple of hundred evacuations in San Jacinto as flames drew dangerously close to homes. The Horseshoe fire that broke out Saturday evening in the Juniper Flats area east of Nuevo in Riverside County was up to 490…