LAGUNA BEACH, Calif.—A brush fire scorched about 145 acres in the hills of Laguna Beach on Feb. 10 causing residents in communities with multimillion-dollar homes to evacuate. The fire was reported at around 4:10 a.m. and spread quickly throughout the hillside area near Pacific Coast Highway. The fire was 5 percent contained as of 9:45 a.m. Thursday. While the fire is moving to the north toward Newport Beach, it “is not spreading rapidly at this time,” Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) Chief Brian Fennessy said at a briefing. There were 75 engine crews fighting the blaze, assisted by crews in four Cal Fire air tankers, five hand crews, two bulldozers, and five water-dropping helicopters. “We no longer have a fire season, we have a fire year,” Fennessy said. “It’s February 10, it’s supposed to be the middle of winter.” An “immediate evacuation order” was issued for Irvine Cove and Emerald Bay …