Western Wildfires: California Fire Grows, Forces Evacuations

Wildfires are sweeping through several dry Western states, including a blaze that forced hundreds to evacuate in California
Western Wildfires: California Fire Grows, Forces Evacuations
Firefighters work a ridge off of The Old Road in the Newhall Pass, Calif., in an attempt to halt the advice of a brush fire Firefighters battle a brush fire Wednesday, June 24, 2015. Michael Robinson Chavez/Los Angeles Times via AP
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Wildfires are charging through several dry Western states, including a blaze in California that showed new life after burning for a week and forced some communities to flee their homes. A look at the latest hotspots and what crews are doing to control them:

Southern California

A huge forest fire that has been burning through rugged terrain in the San Bernardino Mountains for more than a week forced evacuations as it stretched northeast into the desert.

The blaze about 90 miles east of Los Angeles showed new life as winds shifted. The tiny Mojave communities of Burns Canyon and Rimrock were ordered to leave their homes Thursday. Evacuations were voluntary in nearby Pioneertown.