Update: Silverado’s Bond Fire
The Bond Fire, which started in Silverado Canyon east of Irvine late Wednesday night and forced evacuations early Thursday in Foothill Ranch, the Portola Hills area west of El Toro Road and north of the 241 Freeway, and Silverado, Williams and Modjeska canyons, is now at 6,400 acres and 10% containment. All roads are reopened except for Santiago Canyon Road, and evacuation orders have been lifted in Lake Forest, north of Alton Parkway and east of the 241 toll road. Canyon areas still remain under mandatory evacuation.
Fire Notification/Alert Resources
Currently, the Village is in no danger due to the Bond Fire. Village Management Services continually monitors municipal and government information sources, but you can remain informed from the following trusted sources:
- Enroll in Alert OC to receive updates and notifications.
- Visit the Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) at ocfa.org for updates regarding wildfires.
- Check the OCFA Twitter page, @OCFA_PIO (https://twitter.com/OCFA_PIO), which is updated regularly to report acreage burned, percent contaminated and evacuations.
- Visit the Orange County Sheriff’s Department website, which includes evacuations resources for all Orange County municipalities.
CodeRED Resident Emergency Notification System
Village Management Services communicates potential danger to residents via our CodeRED emergency notification system. In the event of an emergency or the need to broadcast critical time-sensitive news, CodeRED transmits brief, urgent messages to Village residents as quickly as possible via a phone call, a text message or an email.
If you are not enrolled in CodeRED, simply visit lagunawoodsvillage.com, click the black and red CodeRED icon at the top left-hand corner and fill out the form.
Air Quality Resources
- South Coast AQMD advisory updates can be found at www.aqmd.gov/advisory.
- To subscribe to air quality alerts, advisories and forecasts by email, go to www.AirAlerts.org.
- To view current air quality conditions by region in an interactive map, see http://www.aqmd.gov/aqimap.
- For real-time air quality information, maps, notifications and health alerts in your area, download the South Coast AQMD app at www.aqmd.gov/mobileapp.
- Air quality forecasts are available at http://www.aqmd.gov/forecast.
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