Making a stand at Live Oak Canyon Road

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Cooks Corner:

Firefighters are going to light a backfire in hopes of keeping the blaze from crossing Live Oak Canyon road. The fear is that if it’s not stopped here, the fire could run unchecked all the way to Rancho Santa Margarita.

OC Fire Chief Mike Rohde, who is in charge of the firefighting effort in the Lake Forest area, said, “We’re going to be in real trouble if it gets past us here.”

A fire strike team was sent in along the road to make sure that the backfire itself doesn’t jump the road.

-- Mike Anton