Laguna Niguel residents survey multi-million dollar mansions reduced to rubble by wildfire 

Devastated residents returned to what’s left of their multi-million dollar homes less than 24 hours after a wildfire ripped through the community of Laguna Niguel.  

The grim before and after photos reveal just how devastating a Wednesday night California wildfire was. At least 20 multi-million dollar mansions were reduced to rubble in just a matter of hours.

The blaze – dubbed the Coastal Fire – ignited near a water treatment facility in Aliso Woods Canyon – between Laguna Niguel and Laguna Beach in Orange County – at 2.44pm and swept up steep terrain amid strong gales.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation, but on Wednesday night the local electricity company revealed that there was ‘circuit activity occurring close in time to the reported time of the fire,’ as residents…