A brush fire started in Laguna Beach around 2:16 p.m. Monday and was threatening structures, prompting officials to order evacuations. “The following areas need to evacuate due to an active fire: La Mirada Street, Katella Street and Summit Drive,” the city of Laguna Beach said in a notice to residents.

First responders have stopped a brush fire that prompted evacuations in Laguna Beach, California from spreading any further than four acres.

"We're fortunate today to not have a wind event, however, we are dealing with very steep terrain," Orange County Fire Authority Captain Sean Doran said. Doran added that firefighters used many of the aerial units they had at their disposal,