Southern California wildfires
A fast-moving California wildfire started accidentally by three campers roared out of control in foothills east of Los Angeles on Thursday Jan. 16. 2014, destroying at least two homes and forcing dozens of residents to flee, fire and law enforcement officials said. The so-called Colby Fire started before dawn in the Angeles National Forest north of Glendora, about 40 miles east of downtown Los Angeles in an area that abuts the San Gabriel Mountains. By mid-morning the wind-whipped fire had blackened more than 1,700 acres, Los Angeles County fire officials said. (Reuters)
