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Orange County, California September 10, 2024-The Airport Fire burns along Ortega Highway in the Santa Ana Mountains Tuesday. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)

Containment, hotshots, evacuation orders: Understanding key wildfire terms

Here’s a quick guide to many of the terms commonly used in connection with wildfires and public safety in the face of the dangers posed.

Sept. 12, 2024

LAKE ELSINORE, CA - SEPTEMBER 11, 2024: Riverside County Sheriff deputies check the surrounding where many vintage and antique cars have been destroyed next to a destroyed home in the Airport fire off Ortega Highway on September 11, 2024 in Lake Elsinore, California. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

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Sept. 12, 2024

WRIGHTWOOD CALIF SEPTEMBER 11, 2024 - San Bernardino County firefighters work to save a home from the Bridge fire burning in Wrightwood on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. The Bridge fire has carried more that 40,000 acres and is at 0% containment. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Wrightwood stunned by Bridge fire destruction: ‘Never believed it would happen’

Sept. 12, 2024

LAKE ELSINORE, CA - SEPTEMBER 11, 2024: The Airport fire turned a property into a graveyard of torched vintage vehicles next to a destroyed home off Ortega Highway on September 11, 2024 in Lake Elsinore, California. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

‘Moonscape’: Airport fire evacuees wait, and hope the blaze spares them

Sept. 12, 2024

Wrightwood, CA - September 11: San Bernardino County firefighters work to save a home in Wrightwood as they battle the Bridge Fire amid high temperatures in Wrightwood Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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