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Two fires sprang up in northern Los Angeles County Thursday. An out-of-control wildfire burning north of State Route 14 was closing in on homes in the hills around Palmdale.

Calm, cool weather Thursday morning dampened a wildfire that destroyed 25 buildings north of Los Angeles, and crews were prepared for afternoon winds that could kick up the flames again, a fire spokesman said.

The Station blaze has destroyed more than 50 buildings and burned more than 105,000 acres of mountainous brush.

An out-of-control wildfire in the Angeles National Forest has burned more than 35,000 acres and is threatening an ever-widening swath of communities from Acton near the Antelope Valley to Altadena in the San Gabriel Valley.

Thousands of residents were evacuated from million-dollar homes in exclusive Los Angeles communities as four wildfires burned on Friday in the mountains and coastal areas around the city.

Firefighters in Southern California braced for another day of hot, extremely dry weather as they battled two wildfires in the Angeles National Forest northeast of Los Angeles.

About 1,000 firefighters are battling a brush fire in the foothills above the San Gabriel Valley northeast of downtown Los Angeles.

California residents are being urged to follow orders to leave their homes as crews struggled to control nearly a dozen wildfires burning in areas with inaccessible terrain.

Firefighters got a temporary assist from the weather in their battle against a blaze that has destroyed 80 homes and forced thousands ...

A destructive fire in the hills of Santa Barbara flared up early this morning, prompting officials to evacuate thousands of more residents.