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Some local restaurants and food companies offered free meals Monday night, Oct. 9, for those residents forced to leave home because of the Canyon Fire 2, which has destroyed homes and burned as many as 5,000 acres.

Orange restaurant Katella Grill offered up free dinner. General manager Joe Byrne told the Register that many of the restaurant’s customers live in the affected areas.

“They are longtime customers and we want to take good care of them,” Byrne said. “We’ve always been active in our community here in Orange and we help.”

After showing a valid affected address, diners can choose from a limited menu until the restaurant closes at 10 p.m. The grill, which has been in the community since 1994, serves traditional grill foods such as steaks, seafood and barbecue.

Katella Grill is located at 1325 W. Katella Ave.

Green Tomato Grill in Orange was also giving away dinners for those displaced until they closed at 9 p.m. It shared the news on its Facebook page adding: “We hope everyone gets to go home soon.” Green Tomato Grill is at 1419 N. Tustin St.

Dean Kim, owner of OC Baking Co. in Orange, was delivering bread to evacuees. Kim, who lives in Orange, posted this on his Facebook page: “Packing all the extras for the evacuees of the fire at El Modena High….OUR COMMUNITY IS STRONG!!!”

Staff writer Nancy Luna contributed to this report.