Wildfire prompts evacuations of 200 homes in California
BANNING, Calif. — A wildfire that tore through brush east of Los Angeles forced 700 people from their homes for several hours Tuesday and destroyed a small building, officials said.
The fast-moving fire prompted the evacuations as it raced through 1.5 square miles of drought-dry hills near Banning, the Riverside County Fire Department said.
It was 10 per cent contained by nightfall, and the evacuations, most of which were from a mobile home park, were cancelled.
Two people were taken to hospitals with minor injuries.