Thousands of the evacuation order while forest fires spread to the north of the

A brush fire in a mountainous area north of Los Angeles ignited and spread on Thursday, forcing thousands of evacuations.

The Canyon fire ignited around 1:30 p.m., the local time, spending more than six square kilometers in five hours, according to the Emergency Response from the county of Ventura. It was not contained late Thursday afternoon and spread to the east, said the county.

The fire burns just south of Lake Piru, a reservoir located in the National Forest of Los Padres. It is close to Lake Castaic, a popular leisure area burned by the Hughes fire in January. This fire burned about 39 square kilometers in six hours and put 50,000 people under evacuation orders or warnings.

In the county of the, around 4,200 inhabitants and 1,400 structures are under an evacuation order, and 12,500 other residents are under an evacuation warning, said spokesperson Andrew Dowd for the fire service of the county of Venture.

The evacuation zones of the neighboring Ventura county are relatively not populated, said Dowd. Officials say that 56 people were evacuated from the Lac Piru leisure area.

“ Very dynamic situation ”

Dowd said the fire was a “very dynamic situation” caused by hot and dry weather, stiff and accidental ground and dry fuel. There were 250 firefighters on the ground in coordination with helicopters and other air supports, he said.

The supervisor of the county of the Kathryn Barger, which represents the district, urged the residents to evacuate.

“The extreme heat and the low humidity in our county of North have created dangerous conditions where the flames can spread at an alarming speed,” said Barger in a press release.

“If the first speakers tell you to leave, go without hesitation.”

The new fire is a solid forest fire in central California has become the largest fire of the year of the state, threatening hundreds of houses and burning out of control in the National Forest of Los Padres.

Gifford’s fire had spread at 399 square kilometers on Thursday afternoon and was 15% confinement. It was born from at least four small fires that broke out last Friday along the state of the state 166, forcing the closures in the two directions east of Santa Maria – a city of around 110,000 people. He injured at least four people. The causes of fires are under investigation.

The risk of forest fire will be high throughout the weekend in a large part of inner California while a heat wave gripping the area intensifies. August and September are generally the most dangerous months for state forest fires.

“In southern California, the threat is driven by persistent drought, high grasses of grasses and a weakening of coastal humidity”, according to a forecast of forest fires by the state fire service.