Sandy Fire, California
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At least 6 new wildfires burning in Southern California
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Firefighters are racing to keep flames away from the Santa Susana Field Laboratory, a former nuclear and rocket testing site.
Over 17,000 people in Southern California are under evacuation orders as the wind-driven Sandy Fire, reported Monday in the hills above Simi Valley, threatens suburban homes 30 miles northwest of Los Angeles.
Wildfires are forcing evacuations across California, displacing thousands as conditions rapidly change and smoke spreads statewide.
A helicopter evacuated 11 National Park Service employees from Santa Rosa Island as a human-caused wildfire spread across more than 10,000 acres.
A fire in Simi Valley, California continues to grow as thousands evacuate
More than 33,000 people remain under evacuation orders after a brush fire broke out in Simi Valley, Calif. By Soumya Karlamangla and Amy Graff A fast-moving brush fire in a suburban community north of Los Angeles destroyed one home on Monday and threatened thousands more,
A wildfire sparked by the flare of a shipwrecked mariner has burned around one-fourth of Santa Rosa Island and marks what officials called the largest blaze recorded on the island in modern history.