Desert Communities Told to Evacuate as Winds Stoke Flames

Desert Communities Told to Evacuate as Winds Stoke Flames
Jesse Vasquez, of the San Bernardino County Fire Dept., hoses down hot spots from the Bobcat Fire in Valyermo, Calif., on Sept. 19, 2020. Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Photo
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JUNIPER HILLS, Calif.—Strong winds stoked a wildfire burning for nearly two weeks in mountains northeast of Los Angeles, prompting authorities to issue new evacuation orders for desert communities that lost some homes a day earlier.

Meanwhile, officials were investigating the death of a firefighter on the lines of another Southern California wildfire that erupted earlier this month from a smoke-generating pyrotechnic device used by a couple to reveal their baby’s gender.