California Wildfire Scorches Nearly 1,000 Acres and Prompts Evacuations
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Source: New York Times
A fast-moving wildfire in California’s Angeles National Forest has grown to nearly 1,000 acres in a little more than a day, prompting road closures and the evacuation of a large portion of a community about 30 miles northwest of San Bernardino.
The blaze, named the Sheep Fire, is one of more than 30 wildfires that were active on Monday and that have burned about one million acres across five states, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. The fires, combined with a heat wave in the Southwest, have been fueled by sustained dry and windy conditions.
The fires have prompted mandatory evacuations in Arizona and Southern California. The largest fires were in New Mexico, where they threatened structures and spread across 680,000 acres in the state’s national forests, the Fire Center said Monday.
The Sheep Fire was only five percent contained as of Monday afternoon. Videos shared on Twitter showed trees ablaze and firefighters battling huge flames bordering a highway. Other images on Twitter showed air tankers releasing fire retardant to slow the wildfire’s spread.
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