BY THE NUMBERS
(As of 9:30 p.m. today.)
Where: The fire started at 7:53 a.m. today near the Windy Ridge toll booth on the Eastern (241) Toll road atn the border of Anaheim Hills and Orange.
Current conditions: There are no winds now, temperatures are dropping and it's cooling off. But winds up to 25 mph are expected to pick up at 10 p.m.
Acres burned: 2,036
Containment: 30 percent estimate
Full containment expected: Within the next 24 hours
Firefighters on scene: 100-plus fire engines, 5 bulldozers, 20 strike teams, 20 hand crews, about 800 firefighters.
Aircraft: 4 air tankers, 4 helicopters (not flying during evening hours.)
Cost to fight fire: Unknown at this time
Injuries: 2 firefighters suffered minor inujuries. One was treated for an ax wound to the face; the other for smoke inhalation.
Structures burned: 4. One outbuilding was totally destroyed and another damaged. Two single-family dwellings were partially damaged.
People evacuated: 1,220. Folks should be able to return home about 10 p.m. with two exceptions. In Anaheim Hills: Avenida de Santiago and surrounding streets. In Orange Hills, on the south side of the fire near the 241 toll road.
Cause: An abandoned car with stolen license plates caught fire about 50 feet off the roadway, police report
STORY
An abandoned car that caught fire in a ravine and triggered a 2,000-acre blaze threatening homes in Anaheim Hills and Orange Park Acres had stolen license plates, fire officials say.
Two homes and two outbuildings were damaged by fire as about 800 firefighters and other crews battled the blaze, and up to 700 homes in Anaheim Hills and Orange Park Acres were evacuated. The damaged structures were on Avenida de Santiago in Anaheim Hills. The fire grew beyond 2,000 acres late this afternoon and was 30 percent contained by 9 p.m.
"There's a lot of open area out there that's unburned, so the acreage will continue to grow,'' said Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Stephen Miller.
The fire, in the Nature Conservancy, was spreading west toward Santiago Canyon Oaks near Canyon Rim Road and Serrano Avenue in Anaheim Hills, and toward Sandberg Lane in Orange Park Acres. Tonight, though, winds have died down and today's high temperatures are cooling off.
Anaheim Fire, OCFA and other departments battled the blaze today with helicopters and fixed wing aircraft, as well as ground crews.
The brush fire started at the 241 Toll Road and Windy Ridge toll plaza at 7:53 a.m., said Lynnette Round of the Orange County Fire Authority. Winds moving up to 35 mph pushed the fire west during the day.
Winds in the canyon tend to be funneled and pick up speed, said OCFA Battalion Chief Ed Fleming. "It'll really move a fire out,'' he said.
Some residents in Orange Park Acres packing belongings into their cars said they weren't feeling panic. Others said they would stay put and defend their home. Some residents were moving horses to other parts of Orange.
"We've been through this drill so many times. If we didn't have kids, cats and dogs, we'd probably stick it out,'' said Mary Ann Jones, who has lived on Grovewood Lane in Orange Park Acres for 33 years.
Miller urged people to evacuate if they were told to.
"You don't have to wait for the flames to get to your house,'' he warned.
Two firefighters were reported injured, one with an ax wound to the face; the other of smoke inhalation.
The abandoned vehicle at the center of the fire investigation was found ditched in a ravine off of the 241 Toll Road, near the southbound lanes between Windy Ridge and the 91 Freeway. Officials said the car was 50 feet from the roadway.
"I think it was interesting how well it was hidden from the 241,'' Miller said.
A portion of the toll road near Windy Ridge remained closed this afternoon.
Drought has severely dried out the chaparral-covered hills in the area.
The smoke from the fire was visible on National Weather Service satellite photos.
Have a nice sleep. Goodnight Paula.
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"Good Morning Crew" 
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