Aidan Thomas wears a Smokey Bear t-shirt as he watches smoke from the Airport Fire rise behind Meander Lane in Trabuco Canyon, CA, on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
A woman takes horses to safety past a police barricade on Traduce Canyon Road in Trabuco Canyon, CA on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. Firefighters were battling the Airport Fire. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
An airplane drops retardent on the Airport Fire in Trabuco Canyon, CA, on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Frank Choi sits in front of his house as smoke from the Airport Fire rises behind Meander Lane in Trabuco Canyon, CA, on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Sherry Fankhauser chats with a firefighter as smoke from the Airport Fire rises behind Meander Lane in Trabuco Canyon, CA, on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Steve Sergi prepares to evacuate his house on Vista Drive in Trabuco Canyon, CA on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024 as firefighters battled the Airport Fire in the hills near his house. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Firefighters battle the Airport Fire along Trabuco Creek Road in Trabuco Canyon, CA, on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Firefighters battle the Airport Fire along Trabuco Creek Road in Trabuco Canyon, CA, on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Firefighters battle the Airport Fire along Trabuco Creek Road in Trabuco Canyon, CA, on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Firefighters battle the Airport Fire along Trabuco Creek Road in Trabuco Canyon, CA, on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Firefighters battle the Airport Fire along Trabuco Creek Road in Trabuco Canyon, CA, on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Firefighters battle the Airport Fire along Trabuco Creek Road in Trabuco Canyon, CA, on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Firefighters battle the Airport Fire along Trabuco Creek Road in Trabuco Canyon, CA, on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Firefighters battle the Airport Fire along Trabuco Creek Road in Trabuco Canyon, CA, on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Smoke from the Airport Fire rises behind Meander Lane in Trabuco Canyon, CA, on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
A dead mouse lays in the dirt as firefighters battle the Airport Fire along Trabuco Creek Road in Trabuco Canyon, CA, on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Jake Spillane, left, his father, Jim Spillane, center, and mother, Lori Spillane, sit in their garage with suitcases, ready to evacuate, as they watch smoke from the Airport Fire rise behind Meander Lane in Trabuco Canyon, CA, on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Firefighters battle the Airport Fire along Trabuco Creek Road in Trabuco Canyon, CA, on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Firefighters battle the Airport Fire along Trabuco Creek Road in Trabuco Canyon, CA, on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Firefighters battle the Airport Fire along Trabuco Creek Road in Trabuco Canyon, CA, on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Firefighters battle the Airport Fire along Trabuco Creek Road in Trabuco Canyon, CA, on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Firefighters battle the Airport Fire along Trabuco Creek Road in Trabuco Canyon, CA, on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Aidan Thomas wears a Smokey Bear t-shirt as he watches smoke from the Airport Fire rise behind Meander Lane in Trabuco Canyon, CA, on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
A brush fire broke out Monday afternoon, Sept. 9, quickly burning 1900 acres near the site of a radio-control flying club in Trabuco Canyon, threatening residents in Rancho Santa Margarita, authorities said.