Southern California wildfires force thousands to evacuate as homes burn

Southern California is bracing for more wildfires tonight. It comes after six homes were destroyed during the Norte fire on Friday. Natalie Chuck has the latest. We are seeing the impact of the Norte fire has already had on this area over to my left. You can see this is one of several homes that was damaged or destroyed during the fire and then take a look right across the street. You can see just how vast the impact has been. All of this land completely scorched yesterday. Neighbors watched as the land around them went up in flames. This This fire moved extremely fast. The call about a vegetation fire came in around 11:30 in the morning and by the early afternoon, the fire had already spread to more than 450 acres. It's now burned 570 acres and is 5% contained at last update. Cameras in the sky captured the moments these homes were engulfed. And again, at least six were damaged or destroyed. There are now 750 personnel on scene. That's up from the 400 here the night before. We do know two firefighters were taken to hospitals, but both are doing well, and one was released. Officials with the Orange County Fire Authority say they knew that the weather was going to be bad out here. They were staffed for it and prepared, but they credit the roughly 16,000 people who were asked to evacuate with making their jobs a little easier. So we've had some devastating fires in Southern California over the years, and a lot of times it is difficult to get our fire engines up into the neighborhood because people, they're waiting to leave or they leave too late and you have gridlock. These people left right away and we were able to save a lot more homes that way and nobody got hurt, not one civilian injury. Other fires are also burning in Southern California after sparking over the last couple of days from San Diego County up to Los Angeles County. The Bryson Fire near Malibu has burned just under 150 acres at last check, but it is bringing up difficult memories for people reminded of the Palisades fire up there in 2025. More good news on that. As of this morning, it is 52% contained. Red flag warnings are set to expire tonight and crews are just hoping to keep all of these fires at bay until the weather improves. In Orange County, California, Natalie Chuck, Fox News.