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The Landfill Fire, also known as the "Brea Fire," was reported at 10:43 a.m. PDT on November 15, 2008, and started near the 1900 block of Valencia Avenue in Brea, just south of the Olinda Landfill. It quickly spread west and eventually jumped the Orange Freeway ([[California State Route 47|SR 57]]).
 
The Landfill Fire merged with the Freeway Fire at 3:30 a.m. PDT on November 16, 2008. At approximately 7:00 a.m. PDT the two fires were officially renamed the Triangle Complex Fire. Around 12:45 p.m. the Triangle Complex Fire had been renamed again to the Freeway Complex Fire still using the OCFA incident number CA-ORC-08075221.<ref name="FireReport"/> According to the final cause report released by the [[California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection]] (CAL FIRE) on January 4, 2010, the cause of the Freeway fireFire was a faulty [[catalytic converter]], which the State of California requires in every motor vehicle to reduce emissions.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Catalytic-Converter-Started-Freeway-Complex-Fire.html |title= Catalytic Converter Started Freeway Complex Fire |date= July 16, 2009 |access-date=January 7, 2010 |location= Los Angeles |publisher=[[KNBC-TV]] }}</ref>
 
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