Fairview Fire burns 2400-acres. 5 percent contained

THANKS FOR JOINING US– TODAY AT NOON. I’M ANGELA CHEN. WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS IN HEMET… FIREFIGHTERS ARE AGGRESSIVELY BATTLING THE FAIRVIEW FIRE — WHICH HAS NOW BURNED MORE THAN 24-HUNDRED ACRES… SO FAR — IT’S ONLY REACHED FIVE-PERCENT CONTAINMENT… AUTHORITIES HAVE CONFIRMED TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER THEY ATTEMPTED TO FLEE AND WERE OVERRUN BY THE FIRE… AND ANOTHER PERSON IS HOSPITALIZED WITH BURNS THIS AFTERNOON… FEMA IS AUTHORIZING THE USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS TO ASSIST THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN COMBATING THE FIRE… THOSE FEDERAL FUNDS WILL PROVIDE UP TO 75 PERCENT OF ELIGIBLE FIREFIGHTING COSTS. THE

FIRE ERUPTED AROUND 3:30 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON NEAR FAIRVIEW AVENUE AND BAUTISTA ROAD — AND QUICKLY FLARED OUT FROM THE INITIAL 20 ACRES… SEVEN BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED AND OTHERS ARE DAMAGED… CREWS STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF THOSE CLOSEBY TO GET OUT NOW — SAFELY…. OC:RESCUERS CAN DO THEIR JOB THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE NOT HEEDING TO THE EVACE ORDERS AND WARNING THOSE ARE PRIMARY THAT THEY NEED TO GET OUT FOR THIR SAFETY AND SO THAT RESCUERS CAN DO THEIR JOB HE I IS A MAP OF THE EVACUATION ORDER AND THE ZONE CURRENTLY ENDANGERED BY THE FIRE… 15-HUNDRED HOMES

REMAIN UNDER EVACUATION ORDERS AT LAST CHECK.. A CARE AND RECEPTION CENTER HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AT TAQUITZ HIGH SCHOOL FOR THOSE FLEEING THE FIRE… AS YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR SCREEN — THIS IS THE INFORMATION FOR THE EVACUATION CENTER FOR

REFUGE AND CARE DURING THIS TIME… EVACUEES ARE ASKED TO HEAD THAT WAY NOW.. HEMET UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS ALSO CANCELED SCHOOL TODAY… THE FIRE’S CAUSE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION… STAY WITH NEWS CHANNEL THREE FOR THE LATEST ON THIS DEADLY FIRE IN HEMET THAT HAS BLACKENED MORE THAN 24-HUNDRED ACRES…