Firefighters gain ground on 3 huge Southern California blazes
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Firefighters battling three major wildfires in the mountains east of Los Angeles are gaining ground against the blazes. And cooler temperatures are helping. Authorities began scaling back evacuation orders that displaced thousands of people after fire crews increased containment on the blazes. The largest blaze is the Bridge Fire east of Los Angeles, which has burned 81 square miles, torched at least 33 homes and forced the evacuation of 10,000 people. Temperatures had reached the triple digits last weekend. But forecasts for this weekend call for temperatures to drop to the 70s.
