California brush fire burns more than 10,000 acres in less than 24 hours

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Aug 13, 2020

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A tanker makes a drop on the Lake Fire which has rapidly grown to more than 10,000 acres north of Los Angeles. — A tanker makes a drop on the Lake Fire, which has rapidly grown to more than 10,000 acres north of Los Angeles.David Crane/The Orange County Register via AP

A large header forms from a brush fire which has started up near Lake Hughes Road in Castaic, north of Santa Clarita, California. — David Crane/The Orange County Register/SCNG via AP

The Lake Fire can be seen burning through more than 10,000 acres in northern Los Angeles County near the small town of Lake Hughes. — Neal Waters/ZUMA Wire

A man with his dogs watches the Lake fire along Pine Canyon Road. — David Crane/Orange County Register via ZUMA Wire

A county fire engine responds to the Lake Fire, which has rapidly grown to more than 10,000 acres north of Los Angeles. — David Crane/The Orange County Register via AP

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The fierce brush fire that forced the evacuation of hundreds in Los Angeles County has burned through more than 10,000 acres (15.6 square miles), according to California fire officials.

The fast-moving blaze, which broke out around 3:40 p.m. Wednesday near Lake Hughes in the Angeles National Forest, was zero percent contained as of 10 p.m., the LA County Fire Department tweeted.

“The fire grew rapidly from a hundred acres to several hundred acres then quickly to several thousand acres,” Angeles National Forest Fire Chief Robert Garcia said at a press conference Wednesday night.

More than 500 firefighters and three helicopters were called in to battle the inferno.

The cause is under investigation.

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