Wildfire races toward California mountain community

(11 Sep 2024)
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Wrightwood, California - 11 September 2024
1. Various of firefighters near wildfire
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An explosive wildfire raced toward the Southern California mountain community of Wrightwood Wednesday and authorities implored residents to leave their belongings behind and get out of town.

Several people heeded the evacuation order that was issued for the community of about 4,500 in the San Gabriel Mountains east of Los Angeles. The Bridge Fire, which grew tenfold in a day and had burned 75 square miles (194 square kilometers) as of early Wednesday, is now the largest of three major wildfires burning in Southern California, endangering tens of thousands of homes and other structures.

The fires sprung to life during a triple-digit heat wave that finally broke Wednesday. The cooler temperatures brought the prospect of firefighters finally making headway against the flames.

Other major fires were burning across the West, including in Idaho, Oregon and Nevada, where about 20,000 people had to flee a blaze outside Reno.

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