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Over a dozen schools were closed during the fire including those in the [[Brea Olinda Unified School District]], [[Chino Valley Unified School District (California)|Chino Valley Unified School District]], [[Diamond Bar]] schools in the [[Walnut Valley Unified School District]], [[Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District]] and [[Walnut Valley Unified School District]].<ref name="OCFA2008PressRelease17">{{cite press release |url=http://www.ocfa.org/_uploads/pdf/pr_triangle17.pdf |title=Updated School Closures in Freeway Complex Fire Areas (Formerly Triangle Complex Fire) |date= November 16, 2008 |access-date=November 29, 2008 |author= Orange County Fire Authority |publisher= Orange County Fire Authority |format=PDF |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120218041847/http://www.ocfa.org/_uploads/pdf/pr_triangle17.pdf |archive-date= February 18, 2012}}</ref> About 40,000 residents were evacuated during the fire. Areas under mandatory evacuation during the fires included [[Anaheim, California|Anaheim]], Carbon Canyon, [[Chino Hills, California|Chino Hills]], [[Corona, California|Corona]] [[Diamond Bar, California|Diamond Bar]] and [[Yorba Linda, California|Yorba Linda]]<ref name="OCFA2008Press">{{cite web|url=http://www.ocfa.org/pages/ocfa.asp?filename=newsreleases.asp |title=OCFA 2008 News Releases |access-date=November 29, 2008 |author=Orange County Fire Authority |publisher=Orange County Fire Authority |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080312185818/http://www.ocfa.org/pages/ocfa.asp?filename=newsreleases.asp |archivedate=March 12, 2008 }}<!--website has been reorganized, and the page linked here wasn't archived after the access date until sometime in 2010, negating any utility of the link.--></ref>
 
As the fire spread, it forced the closure of the [[California State Route 91|Riverside Freeway]] (SR&nbsp;91), the [[California State Route 71|Chino Valley Freeway]] (SR&nbsp;71), the [[California State Route 241|241 Transportation Corridor]] and the Orange Freeway (SR&nbsp;57) in northern Orange County. It was calculated that {{convert|30305|acre|km2}} were burned during the fire, which included including 90% of [[Chino Hills State Park]].<ref>{{cite web |last= Carpenter |first= Eric |last2= Irving |first2= Doug |last3= Robbins |first3= Gary |title= Thousands of Firefighters Still Battling on the Front Lines |work= [[The Orange County Register]] |location= Santa Ana, CA |date= November 16, 2008 |url= http://www.ocregister.com/articles/fire-coverage-complete-2230298-ocregister-href |access-date= November 16, 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081116202538/http://www.ocregister.com/articles/fire-coverage-complete-2230298-ocregister-href |archive-date= November 16, 2008 }}</ref> The calculated acreage burned would make the fire the fourth largest fire on record in Orange County History behind the 1967 Paseo Grande Fire, Steward Fire of 1958 and the Green River Fire of 1948.<ref>{{cite document |first= Chip |last= Prather |title= Freeway Complex Fire After Action Report: A Report to the Orange County Fire Authority Board of Directors |date= April 23, 2009 |url= http://www.ocfamedia.org/_uploads/PDF/fcfaar.pdf |access-date= August 31, 2009 |deadurl= yes |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160623020722/http://www.ocfamedia.org/_uploads/PDF/fcfaar.pdf |archivedate= June 23, 2016 |df= }}</ref>
 
==Causes==