Norte Fire burns 570 acres, six homes damaged, destroyed

Back to our breaking news tonight. The fast-moving Norte fire driven by relentless Santa Ana winds has burned across hundreds of acres near San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano, destroying several multi-million dollar homes. Mandatory evacuation orders remain in place. No civilian injuries, though, have been reported, though two firefighters were treated for heat-related issues. Fox 11's Christy Fajardo, live now in San Juan Capistrano with the latest from there. Christy? Yeah, Glenn, we have just gotten an update from the Orange County Fire Authority, who now tells us that the Norte Fire has now burned 570 acres. And they also tell us, in addition to the homes that you see here behind me that were either damaged or destroyed, there were also homes that were damaged or destroyed on Calle Miramar and Avenida Pescador We're actually on Via in San Juan Capistrano. And take a look there behind me. You'll notice that firefighters are dousing that area with water. And that's because a short while ago there was a flare-up. And there was pretty significant flames right where that water is now hitting. And they've managed to knock it down. But that is why firefighters will be out here for several days doing mop-up work and trying to keep the fire from reigniting. and you'll notice that the wind is now blowing in our direction you can see some of the smoke and even some of the water that was coming our direction so it is actually blowing towards homes that have yet to burn in all OC Fire Authority tells us that six homes were either destroyed or damaged including some on this street where we are now and there are firefighters up and down the street and they will be here we're told for several days even so the again the new acreage is 570 acres at 6:30 when there was a press conference the fire chief told us that the acreage was 465 and he said at that time too that they were hoping to keep it at the current configuration meaning the same footprint that they had hoped to contain the fire and not see any spread keep it to the same area where it had already burned or was currently burning but it appears that it has spread another 110 acres or so because again the new acreage is 570 acres and you did mention the two firefighters were injured we did ask the fire chief and the incident commander about those injuries they didn't want to elaborate or specify but said that they were significant but also added that the firefighters were getting incredibly good treatment and were being treated well. Now back out here live, the fire actually started in nearby San Clemente and about 11:30 this morning and then quickly spread here into San Juan Capistrano and they had a very robust response. They knew that the Santa Anas were coming and so they had already activated mutual aid. There were firefighters here from Riverside County from LA County and elsewhere and they were feeling pretty good as I said around 6:30 that they would be able to contain it keep it at the current footprint as the fire chief put it. Live in San Juan Capistrano, Christy Fajardo, sending it back to you. All right Christy, thank you for the update.