Freeway Complex Fire

The Freeway Complex Fire was a 2008 wildfire in the Santa Ana Canyon area of Orange County, California.

These two separate fires merged a day later and ultimately destroyed 314 residences in Anaheim Hills and Yorba Linda.

[3] The fire spread west and north into the hillsides of Yorba Linda and south into Anaheim Hills, where multiple businesses and residences were destroyed.

[8] The preliminary cause of the Freeway Fire was thought to be the result of a vehicle exhaust system igniting roadside vegetation.

The fire was determined to have been caused by inadequate maintenance of power lines supplying electricity to equipment in the Brea-Olinda Oil Field.

Closure of SR 91 on November 15, 2008