Thousands evacuated as deadly California wildfire surges
24 July 2016 5:44 PM IST24 July 2016 5:44 PM IST
The blaze destroyed sets at Sable Ranch in Santa Clarita, which has Old West-style buildings used for movie locations.
Thousands of homes remained evacuated as two massive wildfires raged in tinder-dry California hills and canyons, and authorities said a burned body was found in one neighborhood swept by the flames.- Smoke and ash from the fire cast a pall over neighboring Los Angeles. Air quality officials advised people with respiratory problems to stay indoors.
- More than 900 firefighters and water-dropping helicopters battled the flames overnight on several fronts.
- The area was among those ordered evacuated as the fire raged through brush withered by days of 100-degree temperatures as Southern California sweltered through a heat wave.
- About 300 miles up the coast, crews were battling another blaze across 10-square miles north of the majestic Big Sur region.
- Firefighters have been working a fire up and down ridgelines since Friday that has blackened 31-square miles of brush on the edge of Santa Clarita and the Angeles National Forest.
Thousands of homes remained evacuated as two massive wildfires raged in tinder-dry California hills and canyons, and authorities said a burned body was found in one neighborhood swept by the flames.
The blaze destroyed sets at Sable Ranch in Santa Clarita, which has Old West-style buildings used for movie locations.
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