30,000 So. Calif. Residents Flee Wildfires
November 17, 2008
United Press International
Ferocious wildfires aided by blasting winds and high temperatures forced 30,000 Southern California residents to flee their homes, officials said Sunday.
Eleven people were injured, including four firefighters, and at least 600 homes were destroyed in fires that struck the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County and suburbs along the Santa Ana Canyon in Orange and Riverside counties. An earlier blaze in Santa Barbara County that destroyed 111 homes appeared to be under control, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Parts of three major Los Angeles freeways were closed by smoke and rolling blackouts were imposed by utility officials worried about the safety of power lines.
The biggest concern Sunday morning was in Orange County, where a major blaze that began in Riverside County spread along the Santa Ana Canyon and into Yorba Linda, the newspaper said. That fire had destroyed 56 homes and an apartment complex.
Residents of a mobile home park in Sylmar, Calif., were allowed to inspect the rubble left by the fire in the San Fernando Valley, CNN reported. At least 500 mobile homes and 165 other homes were destroyed, making it one of Los Angeles' most destructive fires ever.
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Ferocious wildfires aided by blasting winds and high temperatures forced 30,000 Southern California residents to flee their homes, officials said Sunday.
Eleven people were injured, including four firefighters, and at least 600 homes were destroyed in fires that struck the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County and suburbs along the Santa Ana Canyon in Orange and Riverside counties. An earlier blaze in Santa Barbara County that destroyed 111 homes appeared to be under control, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Parts of three major Los Angeles freeways were closed by smoke and rolling blackouts were imposed by utility officials worried about the safety of power lines.
The biggest concern Sunday morning was in Orange County, where a major blaze that began in Riverside County spread along the Santa Ana Canyon and into Yorba Linda, the newspaper said. That fire had destroyed 56 homes and an apartment complex.
Residents of a mobile home park in Sylmar, Calif., were allowed to inspect the rubble left by the fire in the San Fernando Valley, CNN reported. At least 500 mobile homes and 165 other homes were destroyed, making it one of Los Angeles' most destructive fires ever.
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