Silverado Fire

Mandatory evacuation orders were issued by the Orange County Fire Authority and CalFire for approximately 90,000 residents and schools in the area. The fire also caused California State Route 241 to temporarily shut down. Van Iwaarden had burns on 65% of his body and Le had burns on 50% of his body. The firefighters were reportedly trapped by flames in what may have been a failed backburning attempt. Six other firefighters in the same crew reported singes to their hair and eyebrows. A blood drive was held in Santa Ana to help the firefighters, and over $215,000 was raised in two days via online crowdsourcing to aid with medical expenses. ==Impact==

The fire consumed 13,390 acres, destroying one structure and two minor structures, and damaging five others. The burn scar of the fire aided in the stoppage of the Bond Fire, another wildfire that took place in the area only a month later. The fire partially destroyed a 6.1-acre area along Agua Chinon Creek and around Limestone Canyon Regional Park that had recently been the subject of a five-year project to restore the nature to its native setting. The seed farm facility used for the project was also burned during the wildfire. Some trees and vegetation were burned while others weren't in what officials described as a "checkerboard pattern" of damage. The burn scars of the Silverado and Bond fires coupled with a winter rain storm caused a series of mudflows on the evening of January 28, 2021. Mudflows occurred near the Bond Fire scar causing road blockages; however, structural damages were not reported in the Silverado Fire burn scar area. == Gallery ==

File:Silverado Fire and Blue Ridge Fire, California, USA - October 27th, 2020 (50540694482).jpg File:Silverado Fire and Blue Ridge Fire 3d view, California, USA - October 27th, 2020 (50540550166).jpg File:Silverado Fire and Creek Fire, California, USA - October 26th, 2020 (50536218928).jpg File:Silverado Fire near Irvine, California, USA - October 26th, 2020 - 50536956962.jpg ==See also==