Winds off the ocean aided the fire's spread into ritzy neighborhoods. Southern California Edison reported "circuit activity" in the area where the blaze broke out as it erupted.
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A wind- and terrain-driven fire chewed through at least 200 acres of brush in Aliso Wood Canyon between Laguna Niguel and Laguna Beach today, then marched relentlessly through an enclave of multimillion-dollar estates on the hillside overlooking the ocean, destroying at least 20 homes.