California wildfire forces evacuations, grows from 50 to 1,000 acres in few hours
A fast-moving brush fire swept through parts of Southern California on Thursday, prompting evacuations as firefighters battled the blaze. According to a report in The New York Post, the Canyon Fire ignited Thursday afternoon east of Lake Piru in Ventura County. Initially estimated at around 50 acres, the fire quickly expanded to over 1,000 acres,…