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Multiple wildfires are active across Southern California in recent days. Here's the latest on size and containment.
Wildfire smoke from several fires has triggered a smoke advisory for wide swaths of Southern California until Thursday evening, according to officials.
Firefighters from across Southern California are battling several wildfires that have forced hundreds of people from their homes and, in some cases, destroyed structures. In Riverside County, crews are working to contain the Bain and Verona wildfires.
A new wildfire was reported today at 11:24 a.m. at Limonite Ave and Bain Street, Jurupa Valley in Riverside County, California. Currently, details about the containment of the fire are unknown.
The Sandy Fire in hills above Simi Valley, northwest of Los Angeles, had consumed more than two square miles of dry brush as of Tuesday.
By afternoon, the Sandy Fire had consumed more than 500 acres of dry brush in the hills above Simi Valley, a city about 30 miles from Los Angeles, and damaged at least one home.
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Cal Fire officials said the Sandy Fire in Simi Valley is spreading "dangerously fast" and is threatening structures as well as infrastructure.
Early detection in California is “becoming one of the clearest climate‑era advantages,” according to Phillip SeLegue, Cal Fire’s staff chief of intelligence.