A brush fire scorched about 145 acres in the hills above the exclusive Emerald Bay community in Laguna Beach Thursday, threatening but not damaging any of the multimillion-dollar homes in the area, but prompting evacuation orders and forcing schools to close.
Residents in Laguna Beach, Calif., were forced to evacuate on Thursday morning after a brush fire broke out in the hills, burning across nearly 150 acres by the early morning.