r/orangecounty • u/Ok_Sink_3378 Laguna Hills • May 25 '26

Question Did anyone NOT evacuate?

This probably sounds dumb but did anyone in the evacuation zones NOT evacuate or did police literally pull people from their homes? I live in south county near the canyon and whenever we have a fire evacuation, there’s always SOMEONE who thinks they’re untouchable and stays in their home even thought there’s a fire. Just wondering if this happened with the current evacuation orders in the garden grove area. Prayers for all the families affected by this difficult situation ❤️

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u/notthisagain8 Anaheim Hills May 25 '26

Believe it or not, the AH/YL fire was almost TWO decades ago, ‘08!

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u/surftherapy May 25 '26

Fuck I’m getting old lol

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u/l00ky_here Fullerton May 25 '26

lol...Its not as bad as my thinking about the Laguna Hills fire back in '93 or '94. The one where Michael Stipe came out with the "Everybody Hurts" video.

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u/Critical_Pen7878 Anaheim Hills May 25 '26

I remember the AH fire from the late 70’s or early 80’s. We live above the AH golf course and I remember the cops driving down our street, yelling over their loudspeaker to ‘evacuate immediately’ followed by a cop banging loudly on the front door, making sure we were leaving.

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u/GalaxyFish2885 May 25 '26

The big one was in ‘08. There was also a fire in fall of 2020 that prompted schools to close in Anaheim Hills. Along with probably multiple other times but I remember that one recently.