About 16,000 Orange County, California, residents are under mandatory evacuation orders Friday night as crews work to contain a fast-moving wildfire threatening thousands of homes.
The Norte Fire has spread to 465 acres since starting around 11:30 a.m. Friday near Portico Del Norte and Eminencia Del Norte in San Clemente.
Orange County Sheriff’s Department Captain Justin Chevalier said the evacuation orders are impacting 6,000 homes in parts of San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano…