Skies darken as wildfire rises in the foothills near Los Angeles, California
A fast-moving wildfire that has forced hundreds of people to flee from their homes in the drought-parched foothills northwest of Los Angeles had blackened some 20,000 acres by Saturday evening and was threatening homes, fire officials said.
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A large plume of smoke from a wildfire rises near Highway 1, burning five miles south of Carmel, California, on 22 July. AP
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The morning sun over Pasadena, Calif., is reduced to an orange disk by smoke from a wildfire burning north of Los Angeles. AP
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Smoke from a nearby wildfire is viewed from Monterey Park, California. Smoke drifted over downtown Los Angeles, about 30 miles from the fire’s location in Santa Clarita. It’s one of several blazes burning in Southern California as the region swelters under triple-digit heat. AP
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A fire crew approaches as a wildfire burns in Santa Clarita, Calif. The fire erupted shortly after 2 p.m. Friday next to State Route 14 in Santa Clarita. No homes are immediately threatened, but fire officials say evacuations have been ordered from Soledad Canyon to Agua Dulce Canyon Road. AP
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USDA Forest Service firefighter Simeon Hagens, with Angeles National Forest, packs out off of Little Tujunga Canyon Road in Santa Clarita. The fire in northern Los Angeles County darkened skies with smoke that spread across the city and suburbs, reducing the sun to an orange disk at times. The South Coast Air Quality Management District warned that at times air would reach unhealthy levels. The fire erupted Friday afternoon in the Sand Canyon area near State Route 14 as the region was gripped by high heat and very low humidity.AP
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Fire trucks and horse trailers stage outside Wildlife Waystation in Santa Clarita. The wildfire burning in the mountainous Angeles National Forest north of Los Angeles has grown to more than 17 square miles. The Wildlife Waystation has about 400 animals on 160 acres within the national forest. AP
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