Freeway Fire

Wildfire in Orange, San Bernardino, Los Angeles and Riverside counties, November 2008

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/6784/freeway-fire-2008

Key facts

Started November 15, 2008
Contained November 18, 2008, after 3 days
Burned 30,305 acres
13th largest fire of 2008
Cause Vehicle
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Orange County 15,547 acres
  2. San Bernardino County 12,210 acres
  3. Los Angeles County 2,100 acres
  4. Riverside County 452 acres

Communities

  1. Chino Hills 12,210 acres
  2. Yorba Linda 5,018 acres
  3. Brea 2,609 acres
  4. Anaheim 643 acres
  5. Corona 80 acres

Acres are the land the fire burned in each county and community, and places where it burned less than an acre are not listed. Communities are cities, towns and the unincorporated places the Census Bureau names, so land outside any of them is counted only in its county.

The same land, other fires

Burned before

  1. 1930 Unnamed fire 726 acres shared
  2. 1948 Green River Fire 53,080 acres in total 317 acres shared
  3. 1959 La Vida Fire 611 acres shared
  4. 1967 Paseo Grande Fire 51,077 acres in total 535 acres shared
  5. 1978 Soquel Fire 3,908 acres shared
  6. 1980 Owl Fire 18,332 acres in total 13,145 acres shared
  7. 1980 Carbon Fire 6,955 acres in total 5,879 acres shared
  8. 1983 Hills Fire 581 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 557 acres shared
  9. 1985 Telegraph Fire 1,635 acres shared
  10. 1988 State Park Fire 820 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 479 acres shared
  11. 1990 Yorba Fire 7,884 acres in total 7,182 acres shared
  12. 1990 Carbon Canyon Fire 4,978 acres in total 3,516 acres shared
  13. 1994 Carbon Fire 757 acres shared
  14. 1994 Wagon Fire 570 acres shared
  15. 2002 Evening Fire Cause: Playing with fire 891 acres shared
  16. 2002 Blue Gum Fire 497 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 490 acres shared
  17. 2005 Yorba Linda Fire Cause: Playing with fire 1,078 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2011 Carbon Canyon Fire 508 acres shared
  2. 2017 Canyon Ii Fire 9,198 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 403 acres shared
  3. 2020 Blue Ridge Fire 13,695 acres in total 11,756 acres shared

And 24 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Freeway Fire, and fires that shared less than an acre are not counted. Some older or smaller fires may be missing, and a fire perimeter can include unburned patches. How to read fire history

Sources

Fire history
CAL FIRE Fire and Resource Assessment Program
Published 28 July 2026
Building damage
CAL FIRE Damage Inspection
Updated 19 October 2026

This site is independent and not affiliated with CAL FIRE or the CPUC, so for an official determination, check with the agency or your city or county. How we read the data