Firefighters are still working to put out the Jim fire that broke out two days ago that is 50% contained but residents living near Trabuco Canyon believe they know how the fire started and say it could have been avoided.
Water dropping helicopters are still trying to put out the Jim fire which has spread to more than 500 acres in the Cleveland national forest.“The whole house rattled and i’m like ‘what in the heck was that?’” Parker said. “And that’s when I called 9-1-1 everyone called 9-1-1 and said hey I don’t know if this is prescribed or not, but this is insane.”
A video from Santiago Peak shows where the fire started just after 11 a.m. Wednesday. Forestry officials describe the area as a drainage bottom and say it spread uphill from there. Parker drove down the hill from his home and found a convoy of Marines. He approached them with a question. “‘What are you guys doing here? Are you here to help the fire?’ and one of the guys looks at me dead in the eye and says ‘no we’re back there blowing stuff up,'" Parker said.