Crime & Safety
Fire Destroys Home In South OC: OCFA
Orange County firefighters were hard at work early Tuesday morning dousing a mobile home fire in Lake Forest.

LAKE FOREST, CA — Orange County firefighters were hard at work dousing a mobile home fire early Tuesday morning.
The fire was reported at 4 a.m. in the City of Lake Forest, authorities said. While the response was swift, firefighters encountered issues quelling the flames.
"One major challenge? Mobile home parks often have limited and widely spaced fire hydrants — and that was the case today," an Orange County Fire Authority statement read. "But this is exactly the kind of challenge our crews train for."
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Three engines were deployed to take on the fully-involved fire and no injuries were reported.
The cause of the fire was under investigation.
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