Sandy Fire, Southern California
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At least 6 new wildfires burning in Southern California
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Firefighters are racing to keep flames away from the Santa Susana Field Laboratory, a former nuclear and rocket testing site.
Cal Fire has reported that at least five people have been injured during the fire, including four civilians and one firefighter.
Multiple wildfires have threatened thousands of people in Southern California communities in recent days. The Sandy Fire has led officials to issue evacuation orders for more than 40,000 residents of Simi Valley in Ventura County.
Wildfire smoke from several fires has triggered a smoke advisory for wide swaths of Southern California until Thursday evening, according to officials.
A fire broke out early Saturday morning at the state prison in Norco, destroying three structures at the facility. The blaze was reported around 5:45 a.m. at the California Rehabilitation Center at Fifth and Western avenues,
Investigators are looking into whether an SOS flare from a shipwrecked mariner started the Santa Rosa Island Fire off California's coast.
Crews are already battling significant wildfires in Southern California, as a record-low snowpack in the Sierra Nevada has the state’s top fire officials worried about how inten