Residents evacuate Yorba Linda fire area

Yorba Linda residents Hiromi Imai, left, and Debbie Burdick play with Burdick’s cat, Mr. Whisper, after they were evacuated to the Thomas Lasorda Jr. Field House at 2 a.m. The mandatory evacuation order came after intense rain in areas affected by recent fires raised the threat of possible mudslides.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Box Canyon residents were evacuated overnight as rain soaked burn areas to the point that authorities felt mudslides posed a great threat. No mudslides were reported, and officials were surveying the area from helicopters today to determine when to let residents back in.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Yorba Linda resident Rhonda Wolik, right, comforts her daughter, MacKenzie, 3, while her mother, Gail Friga, sits with her dog. They were among the residents evacuated to a Red Cross center at the Thomas Lasorda Jr. Field House after authorities feared that heavy rains heightened the threat of mudslides in their neighborhood.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Yorba Linda residents Debbie and Jay Burdick, left, sit at breakfast with Brush Canyon neighbors Kaitlyn Morgan, Debbie Morgan and Ben Morgan at the Thomas Lasorda Jr. Field House. They left their homes at about 2 a.m. after heavy rains in burn areas prompted authorities worried about mudslides to issue a mandatory evacuation order.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Rainstoms prompted authorities to alert Yorba Linda residents about possible evacuations in areas affected by recent fires, but no mudslides were reported and fire officials were in helicopters today, assessing the threat.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

A wall of sand bags guards this home on San Antonio Drive in the Fairmont-San Antonio burn area in Yorba Linda Wednesday.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)