Residents in burn areas prep for Thursday's storm
Voluntary evacuation issued for OC residents in Bond Fire burn area Volunteer fireman Dustin Kaatz placed wooden barriers behind his home in preparation for a possible mudslide. "Right now, everything's coming down since no brush left. We're just trying to divert debris flow so it goes down the street somehow and doesn't get backed up against the houses," said Kaatz, a volunteer firefighter with the Orange County Fire Authority. A fireball rolled down a nearby hill during the Bond Fire last month, killing vegetation in the area. If a mudslide isn't stopped, it could easily push in the walls ...