A fire broke out near Tustin Ranch Estates today around 3:15 PM. Here's the post on OC Register. Neighbor said that he saw a group of people up where the fire started, and noted how it was odd to see people up on that hill since it's a hard area to get to.
The interesting part is that it took Orange County Fire Authority over 15 minutes to respond to the fire after it was reported. (There was a gap of 15 minutes between when I spoke with OCFA dispatch and when the first sirens arrived.) It's especially strange when the OC Fire Academy building is literally a block away. Had they responded sooner, the fire would have been far less damaging.
Update: According to OCFA records, the first call was received at 3:19, units dispatched by 3:21, and on scene by 3:28. Just because I didn't hear sirens until 3:37 doesn't mean they weren't already there.
Just to keep ABC honest, their script said that "Eyewitness News viewers" sent pictures of the action, but then they proceed to only show a picture that they pulled directly off of Orange County Fire Authority's Twitter feed.
Oh, and here's what it sounds like when a news chopper hovers over your house for 10 minutes.
Yes, 10 straight minutes of that.