Freeway Complex-Upper Yorba Linda-Homes Destroyed

[T2icamera]

The Orange County Fire Department Sucks. Most engines kept backing off the fire and retreating to the "safe" zone. The owners that stayed and the private fire fighters were able to save many homes. The owners that evacuated and left it up to the OCFD came back to burned down homes.

[canyonrafters]

incredible footage

nice work i remember that day like it was yesterday

next time I will not leave my house

[MIKCURIE]

Nice vid....i guess the terrrain hinders and wide spread fire response

[wedgemaster14]

Awesome footage brudda! Who do you work for???

[blinko656]

I feel the heat through my monitor. Still some of the best footage of this fire,  dude you stayed there...

[steveo134]

who were doing structure protection on the big white house for the first few minutes of the video? I'm assuming it was a private company right?

[UStacticalmedic36]

hey rich orange county dont have cal fire

[hurleyOC]

thats that big white house that you can see from the 91 freeway. damn that sucks those houses up in hidden hills gotta be at least million dollar homes

[SJCESB]

Amazing firestorm.

[dilly123454]

I live in hidden hills... my neighbors house got burnt down and my backyard did

[rvpKellz]

OMG...I feel for those who lost their homes...they have many priceless valuables in them like baby pictures and other memorabilia

[paulfbest]

the solar cycle is nearing its hot peak in the 11 yr cycle...due 2012

yet its already SUPER HOT here in new orleans , this may10..feels like mid july. UNREAL

seems the cycle is all out of wack with the almost TOTAL DEPLETION OF THE FRAGILE OZONE

Thanks mankind for over populating the planet by some 5 B people

Watch for massive wildfires all over the planet, massive storms of all shapes. HUGE droughts.

Folks payday has arrived

with a VENGENCE

Katrina was no joke, 6 hours massive winds

[raincoatmusic]

Paul, just for the record... you are humankind as well... and aren't you over-populating the planet? Sheesh

[Guitar5544]

@paulfbest dude stfu

[xxinsanityxxms]

was that the gigantic white house near hidden hills?

[toastt21a]

Yep that's the one

[kobesn1fan24]

@toastt21a ur the person that live there? HOLY SHIT UR MY IDOL

[Guitar5544]

@xxinsanityxxms ya i live up in there both y=my next door neigboorshouses burned

[PATRICK1197]

Thats the fire that made me lose my house and every thing in it. my bike survived

[balbakwa04]

woah...this is intense. i still remember when i was going to my apartment in fullerton i saw the fire in the background and ashes everywhere. good thing it was contained quickly enough and that it didn't reach my place. good job to the fire fighters!!

[jessefireguy]

Sorry toast not you, we love your work brother. the comment was for the retard who made the donut comment

[jessefireguy]

So before you want to make a smart ass comment put the KRISPY KREME down, get off your fat ass, and come visit a house. I'm assuming you've never heard of city 9's. Go visit that house and the guys what they do all day long. Better yet go ask the boys at Cal-Fire down in the oc area

[toastt21a]

I have LAFD 9's with several ripping fires under username Toastt21-see LAFD on the roof, firefighters on a hot roof, Get off the roof, and others...probably a total of 10 clips-all major emergencies, in 9's, 10's, 17's, 3's, etc.

[jessefireguy]

95 You are beyond ignorant. Have you ever been in a firehouse? I sincerely doubt you have. Fire companies are rarely ever in quarters! Look up Fire Prevention and learn what we do when not fighting fires, A brief idea... Building inspections, hydrant testing, visiting your kids schools. Fire patrols.. Then we answer the 9-11 calls When your mom calls cause she forgot her meds and now has diarhea, or responding to the TC your brother caused by talking on his phone, or repsonding to the structure

[uzijohn]

The video shows some of the losses, but there were many more untold victories,

We're lucky, we have the best firefighters in the world

[xpowerpuffx3]

my friends house was the only house standing on her whole street. she was soo lucky, but i feel bad for the other houses on her street

[creten69]

Good shots home owner dude,thats the end to those dumps!Ya know its all htis bullshit overinflated credit living,thats gonna fuk our country into the ground.The only thing that would be fair,is if insurance didnt pay for shit.And if you neede a home,u had to build it,food,grow it.The world is rotting,we got all the good stuff.Californians should all be living in tee pees.

Im comen to cali to help you clean up,and you will pay me $30 an hour!

[uzijohn]

creten69,

"Im comen to cali to help you clean up,and you will pay me $30 an hour!"

What a deal, one dollar per IQ point!

[bbwlvrinpvd]

My prayes goes out to all who lost their homes an belongings.  It takes a special courage to be a firefighter.

[arplayer2k]

Hidden Hills genius's. I live on Aviemore. I have some cool pictures of the fire if anyone is interested.

[Lisalisapsl]

My Son fought this fire.. I was scared to death, this is his first real fire.. He rocked it for five days!! All the fire crews are so awesome.. I am so sorry for those of you who lost it all. You are in my thoughts.

[ginovesi]

My home is at 6 minutes. shame :(

[luvssuju]

really? that must be really scary....that is really sad and your house was covered in fire....

[spoolenturbo]

Great footage hands down... Not sure why people are trippin on you "not helping out." Never saw any news crews lending a hand except get the way of Fire Crews... Thanks for uploading this...

** Blessings to all who lost everything.**

[cyberianfox]

this is just awful.... and it just made me sick to watch all these homes go up in flames cause of some jack asses who got a kick of out of it.... cyberianfox <3

[bongzilla2]

Who's the ass hole filming this? Why is he telling these firemen how to turn on the hydrant? Maybe he should try helping instead of being in the way "it's over there dude" What a dick!

[toastt21a]

THe guy turning on the hydrant is a CAMERAMAN and NOT a firefighter... Sorry for the confusion

[i973blazer4x4]

fire fighters departments have there own film crews that film fires. they capture mistakes and use the footage as a learning curve. many of the camera men and wemon are very knolegable on fighting fires. in many cases they do help helping catch spot fires and them some. i was a USFS firefighter once befor and seen the fotage they show us in training.

[kibanum1fan]

Thats why firefighters are real heroes. Its sad that we appreciate them in times like this.

[chriskellyff8]

probaly the best footage ive ever seen in my life

[NikkiBeerli]

I am sad to say that I recognize every single home in this video.

[thatguynico]

i can still smell the smoke in the air as i type this. im in fullerton...

[MMxkd]

my backyard was all burnt down and an't that the huge white house on top of a hill

[TheSafety]

The pump station (in which are multiple pumps) did NOT fail. They lost SCADA communications with the pump station and watching the reservoir levels drop, it was assumed that it must have failed.

EVERY resident had at least one hose out. Some even had 2" fire hoses attached to nearby hydrants. That, coupled with the 30-something fire trucks that were pumping from that ONE zone, I'm surprised they didn't collapse a mainline! I can assure you that every available resource was put into action.

[LAFDTF98]

I think you better check your facts about every "available resource." I can assure you that was NOT the case.

[482178289]

This is a great,but still tragic video.One of the many examples of how hard these firefighters work.

[0524cami]

Lack of water was due to tooooooooooo many hydrants being open at 1 time and also the lack of pressure was because the pumps were probably down due to the power outage in the area. I know that they use pumps in areas such as this one. I am so sorry for the losses people have incurred.

[bigchuck1627]

There was never a power outage in the area. The pump either failed or was burned.

[eklalgulab]

i lived right below this fire... I was one of the fortunate ones to return to my home

[blinko656]

Toast has the best footage on Youtube. Nice deck gun shot at the end!!

Retired FF

Mike

[nostrain07]

Last one truthemes- it would be advisable that you come down off your liberal pulpit to consider your skewed views of the wealthy, taxpayers, and bail outs. The bottom 50% of taxpayers pay an estimated 10% of taxes, while the upper 5% pay an estimated 80% of taxes. I guess then we are really bailing ourselves out!

[nostrain07]

That doesn't diminish the fact that they were not given adequate resources to do their job. Several male neighbors stayed back and hosed fires as embers erratically landed and began burning trees, yards, roofs, etc. It was very disconcerting to evacuate amid thick smoke and fire with no firefighters in sight.

Clearly, Yorba Linda needs a better fire fighting and evacuation plan for the future.

[LAFDTF98]

I've been told the folks managing this fire blew it.

[blinko656]

These guys or at least a few of them look like private FF's. Check the booster line on the grass rig. It looks to be 1/2" ?

Retired

[nostrain07]

Hey truthemes- you weren't here; we were. Yes, firefighters are amazing. They are in the helping services because they want to help people. Their job is very dangerous.

[truthemes]

again, for those of you who can not or refuse to understand reading a post in CONTEXT, the original post was in response to a rich guy complaining that the firefighters weren't doing enough to protect his second multi-million dollar home. My response was regarding his total lack of concern for the firefighters lives, I don't think anyone but a millionaire would be so arrogant, do you?

[LeahOblivious]

anyone BUT a millionaire?

aight i actually read your context

and you still look as ignorant as i thought you were.

you think all rich people are the same right?

we all got nothing better to do but show off and complain about our pathetic, spoiled lives right???

why dont YOU get out of your shell for once and YOU get a grip.

yeah i heard the stupid complaints of my neighbors who whined over water pressure and lack of firefighters.

but you AAALL gotta grow up and think for once about others

[jessefireguy]

Hey assholes how about a thank you? times like this make me question why i bust my ass for you!!

[95icebreaker]

im guessing your a firefighter.

welll. im just wondering. what do you guys do the rest of the year when there isnt any fires. just eat doughnuts!? thats alll i see you guys ever doing.

[toastt21a]

HaHa ... very cute... It's usually the cops who eat the donuts tho...

[jerryblanks]

I disagree... you're not a firefighter... you're a wannabe or you would have been fighting the fires...

[LGhomedawg71]

they go to car accidents, fires in different areas and other emergencies.

geesh wheres the respect?

these guys risk their lives and work so hard for our safety.

[truthemes]

stupid head, it was the comment of the rich guy who didn't care about the lives of the firefighters I was commenting about, clearly he was showing his LACK OF CONCERN FOR ANOTHER HUMAN BEING - ONLY CARING ABOUT HIS LARGESS! He's the one who is selfish, rich or poor, his was a selfish comment, go read it and get some context before you write a stupid reply back....

[truthemes]

REALLY? Again, I responded to the SELFISH MILLIONAIRE who sat from his SECOND multi-million dollar home and whined that the firefighters risking their lives weren't doing enough to put out the fires! Get a grip and take it in context before you lash out @ someone defending heroic firefighters risking their lives, that that aragoant rich guy could care less about, as long as his second home was saved, who cares if the firefighters die??? Get a grip and a reality check.

[truthemes]

such language! wow! It was the multi-millionaire with the multiple homes who was the selfish person who I wrote to stating he was selfish for whining about the firefighters not doing enough to put out the fires! it appeared to me that these heoric firefighters were doing everything humanly possible to protect their multi-million dollar homes, even risking their lives - he was arrogant - get a grip on reality, I was responding to ONE arrogant persons selfish comment -

[truthemes]

Again, you missed the point, I was replying SPECIFICALY to the guy who owned two multi-million dollar homes who was complaining about the firefighters not doing enough to protect his multi-million dollar investment home (a person with more then one multi-million dollar home) This guy was more concerned with his investment, then the firefighters lives... Again, I was addressing the selfish attitude - got it?

[Ined2no]

Maybe your response needed to be more clear and less confusing.You actually responded poorly to the point where you obviously lumped a bunch of people together and it has upset many...choose your words more carefully next time and maybe your wouldn't have to defend yourself

[truthemes]

the ignorance was on the part of the person to whom I replied wo complained about the firefighters risking their lives to save his multi-million dollar SECOND home! How dare he complain about human beings risking their lives to save his material wealth! he should be happy he was evacuated to a SECOND multi-million dollar home, and GRATEFUL these HUMAN BEINGS are RISKING THEIR LIVES to try to save his material wealth! How about instead of complaining like a prima donna,he says thank you? arrogant

[dustytrayl]

You did an excellent job filming this disaster. Best video so far!!

[sharonheater]

Firefighters are the bravest people on earth!

[nostrain07]

Let me clarify- firefighters rock! The no firefighters being present was the result of things getting out of control faster than they could respond. This afternoon, we met the L A County firefighters that did their best once they were able to get to our neighborhood. The devastation is the direct result of the eratic nature of this blaze.

[LAFDTF98]

Good thing LACoFd showed up. OCFD's presence was slim to none.

[shmackocailacko]

because they were sent out to help the coronaFD that got themselves surrounded by the flames. Our trucks were sent out to fight the sylmar flames, and corona didn't do shit when it cleared them and came over to YL

[VKDM8687]

Good thing that OC showed up to help YOU as well...STFU before I embarrass you anymore dumbass. Stupid ass comment. Why don't you come over to the OCFA ECC, and I'll personally show you just how "big" our presence was idiot...

[ninalicious08]

Well, the firemen saved my best friend's home and it's shown in this video. I am incredibly grateful. This isn't her 'second home' or anything else like that, and i have to support krakmybak when she says f you to "truthemes" and "cyclonejack". If this was your home you would be eternally grateful to the firemen.

[nostrain07]

Rest assured, this fire did not discriminate. A breadth of homes and apartments were destroyed.

It came on so fast and furious, that no firefighters were present as smoke, ash, and flames raced toward our front yard. We evacuated amid a wall of dark gray smoke, red haze, and burning embankments.

[maunaowakea777]

man,!!! you guys are seriously insane!

[krakmybak]

Oh and btw there are firefighters who live in my neighborhood. So, in many cases they are risking their lives for themselves! Our homes are a representation of hard work, no one should be punished for that.

[MstrSftwr]

I understand what you are saying, but have to disagree with the statement 'they are risking their lives for themselves!'... Many firefighters lose their homes to fires like this. I would not be surprised if some of those firefighters living in your neighborhood lost their home. It's not like a single firefighter can tell a strike team of engines to respond to his house, while other homes around his are just starting to burn or are being threatened by wildfire.

[krakmybak]

First of all my heart goes out to all those families who lost their homes. They are my neighbors and friends. I live off Greenhaven. "truthemes" you can go F*** yourself. You should be ashamed of your extremely insensitive comments. Just because people are rich should not minimize the devastating fact that their homes, memories and belongings have been lost forever. Everything is gone! And not everyone in Yorba Linda is a rich "elitist" many homes were bought decades ago for 300-400,000 dollars.

[sewcookie]

WOW!!!

[HollafrontAE86]

right now i'm near knotts berry farm, but my primary home is in corona. the thick smoke was even overwhelming where i am right now. i have only seem the devastation on t.v. and online. with all the resources california has, its sad to see this happen over and over gain. not enough firefighter, airplanes etc..

[truthemes]

If you have enough money to have more then one home, maybe you could employ your own team of firefighters to risk their lives for you largess! Oh, maybe Obama and the Dems will bail all you rich folks out! Hey, if knew a house was in a FLOOD PLAIN, I wouldn't buy it, so too for an area that is in a WILD FIRE PLAIN! Sorry, I don't feel sorry for you and your ilk at all. The world DOES NOT REVOLVE AROUND YOU RICH ELITISTS!

[truthemes]

all I could think of while watching this video is: "why are these firefighters risking their lives for the material goods of rich folks?" I mean, what do you think their wage is for risking their lives to save your SECOND home???!!!

[CYLONEJACK]

The rich are the only recognized citizens in the US now. Taxes go to them in the form of "bail outs", insurance only covers their second home. Screw everyone else if they make less then 250k a year.

[Ined2no]

Let me guess, you probably consider yourself a God fearing Christian who carries a gun to protect what is yours and hates anyone who works hard for a living and has helped keep America as a number one country in the world. But be damned to those who have worked hard so memebers of their family don't have too. Well get over yourself and understand that people are the same no matter what we always put life before material things and yet you seem to be focused on how this will effect you.

[LeahOblivious]

yeah that would seem pretty unfair. but the "rich" dont make money to rub it in everyone else's faces, they do it for their families, just like everybody else. dont be concerned for what they bring home after every day, just what you bring.

[LeahOblivious]

How dare you.

they arent just risking their lives to save our "material goods" but our HOMES.

and not just ours, theirs as well.

Think twice before saying such ignorant things.

[wntoply6]

bless you leah and all those good people who lost their homes in youba linda.

i'm from massachusetts, but i remember once driving down to san diego during a similar fire near the escondito fwy and being diverted because there was a fear the flames would jump the freeway (in the 70's). we were as frightened as one could imagine, but nothing compares to this.

i sincerely hope your home and those of your neighbors were saved.

[LeahOblivious]

Thank you. yeah fires happen a lot in socal but i never took them so seriously until they came to my front door haha. but thank you for your concern ^^

[IM2QUIK4U]

They are hard-working Americans who have mortgages, just like everyone else in Yorba Linda, and try their best to provide for their families. When they lost their homes, they both knew that insurance wasn't going to cover most of the damages and they are now worried about how to put a roof over their familiy. They don't have the money to just go buy another house. They're just like you and me.

[MstrSftwr]

This fire made it's way to the inner parts of Yorba Linda, to what is considered away from the interface, the fire was carried by extreme winds, ornamental vegetation and attic fires.

Many mobile homes, manufactured homes, and custom & tract homes were lost. Many income levels were affected.

[LeahOblivious]

Man you are the most self-centered and ignorant person..

youre as low as you make us yorba linda people out to be.

[HollafrontAE86]

no one said i had a second home you douche bag homo fag. maybe we should drop you in the fire for your insensitive comments you worthless pos. i rent a room down here to go to school you fucktard. besides not everyone that lives in that area are rich elites. did the gov't ever bail fire victims in san diego, LA, or flood victims from katrina? i didn't think so. we can only wonder where our tax money is going. only one DC 10 water dropping plane no matter how big the fire is. hmmm

[Ined2no]

You too are probably one of the most selfish persons I have ever witnessed. Maybe you should reflect upon yourself and figure out why you could not afford a second home. Stop blaming others and how dare you wish others humans ill will. Hope God is not watching you right now!

[Ined2no]

Here is where you blew it you big puffy ass turthemes. You involved your political views which had NOTHING to do with the fires..Hollafront never said they had a second home you made an ass of yourself when you assummed something from the statement given. Hollafront never complained about the firefighters/ just that we don't have enough resources to deal with this and that is sad! You pompass ass. Keep making your excuses!

[Ocinteeni]

damn this is some prime footage, I was watching the fire climb up to Hidden Hills & that big white house from down below at EZ take out and then later from Costco. At 7:40 recognized a friends house...

[MotifStadmire]

The people they were talking about at 2:58 were my family and I. We were across the street and left right after. That was at about 1:00 p.m. The house at 5:15 was our neighbor's.

[izginazi]

man, that fire was huge! i live in rancho cucamonga and i can pretty much smell the fire. when i was driving home, i saw it

[phxsunsgirl13]

omg i live in yorba linda, last night was the scariest night ever!! i evacuated at 1:30 cause it was terrible, but we got the evacuation call at 4:30. there were 2 houses on the streets below me that burned and i watched a house on my street go up in flames as we left! im home now but it smells terrible. i know exactly where the house at :23 - :30 is!! its like the nicest house in yorba linda!!

[etree1234]

i stayed out all night trying to help where i could. i just couldnt watch as my home town went up in flames

[miyushima]

i had to evacuate out of yorba linda and its so hard to breath over there!

[armyman206]

you can't beat mother nature :-/

[tunenas]

To put it simply, that is so fn-unreal. You've got big cajones to go thru that ordeal.

[tunenas]

Those look like some brutal winds that are stirring up trouble for many in its path.