Los Angeles authorities say about 100,000 people have been ordered to evacuate their homes because of a wildfire on the northern edge of the city in the San Fernando Valley area.
Authorities say the wind-driven wildfire burning along the northern tier of the city has damaged at least 25 homes and that 23,000 residences are under evacuation orders.Fire Chief Ralph Terrazas says the fire broke out around 9 p.m. Thursday and exceeds 7 square miles Friday morning.
Terrazas told reporters that a man died of cardiac arrest but he did not have any details of the circumstances.Water dropping helicopters that worked through the night have been bolstered by firefighting airplanes since daybreak.A wildfire is raging along the northern border of Los Angeles as powerful Santa Ana winds sweep Southern California.
In the inland region east of Los Angeles, a wind-driven fire raged through a mobile home park in the city of Calimesa, destroying 74 structures and damaging others.Don Turner’s 89-year-old mother was missing Thursday night after a wind-driven wildfire sparked by burning trash swept through a Southern California mobile home park, destroying dozens of residences.
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