Conditions worsened in Southern California as crews battled several wildfires, including the Bridge and Line Fires. Dozens of homes have been destroyed and parts of a ski resort were burned. NBC News' Dana Griffin reports.
WRIGHTWOOD, Calif. — Firefighters battling three major wildfires in the mountains east of Los Angeles took advantage of cooler weather Wednesday as they slowly gained the upper hand, but not before dozens of homes were destroyed and thousands of people were forced to evacuate. California is only now heading into the teeth of the wildfire season but already has seen nearly three times as much acreage burn than during all of 2023.
” 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 “had to go up mountain sides, burn down slope, jump across valleys, burn across new ridges, and then make it down slope again at least two other times in effectively one burning period,” he said. The full extent of the damage caused by the fires remained unclear.
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