Firefighters battling three major wildfires in the mountains east of Los Angeles took advantage of cooler weather Thursday as they slowly gained the upper hand,
but not before dozens of homes were destroyed and thousands of people were forced to evacuate.
UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain said the fire moved extraordinarily fast across complex terrain, likely giving residents less time to evacuate than usual and surprising even seasoned fire officials. — The Bridge Fire east of Los Angeles, which grew tenfold in a day and has burned 80 square miles , torched at least 33 homes and six cabins and forced the evacuation of 10,000 people. The cause of the fire is not yet known. It remained zero percent contained Wednesday night.
More than 5,500 homes in Riverside County were under evacuation orders, affecting more than 19,000 residents. Several recreational cabins and structures in the Cleveland National Forest have been damaged.
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