San Juan Capistrano16,000 residents were ordered to flee the Norte Fire.
At least 6 coastal homes burned in unseasonably hot weather, with a heat advisory in force.
Dry Santa Ana winds from the interior drove the fire from San Clemente into San Juan Capistrano.
Fire weather lasts through Saturday night, and authorities have not said how the Norte Fire started.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 150+ reports worldwide
- The Weather Channel
- frames the fire as a threat to expensive coastal properties, with black smoke over tennis courts and pools
- CBC News
- notes the fire was driven by wind from San Clemente into San Juan Capistrano, with power outages and shelters opened
- BBC
- places the Norte Fire alongside the Bryson Fire in Malibu, with 400+ firefighters committed
- Hindustan Times
- gives street-level evacuation zones and shelter addresses for residents displaced by the fire
- Al Jazeera Online
- reports 6,000 homes and 16,000 residents under evacuation orders by evening, citing AFP on unseasonable heat
Sources: The Weather Channel, CBC News, BBC, Hindustan Times, Al Jazeera Online