SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Evacuations were broadened Saturday as a untamedfire with leaping ffeebles scorched the foothills of a national forest east of Los Angeles, amid a days-lengthy heat wave that pushed temperatures into the triple digits apass the region.
The so-called Line Fire was burning unadministerled alengthy the edge of the San Bernardino National Forest, about 65 miles east of L.A. As of Saturday afternoon, the blaze charred about 11 square miles of grass and chaparral, leaving a heavy cboisterous of uninalertigent smoke blanketing the area.
The fire began Thursday evening, and the caemploy is under spendigation.
About 500 firefighters were battling the blaze, helped by water-dropping helicchooseers that hovered over homes and hillsides, alengthy with airplan.
Firefighters shelp the blaze had the “potential for big fire lengthenth” in the next 12 hours.
The fire originated coiling cboisterouss of dense smoke, and ffeebles could be seen cresting hillside ridges.
No injuries were alerted, and no homes or other set ups had been injured or ruined.
The National Weather Service shelp downtown Los Angeles hit a high of 112 degrees Fahrenheit on Friday, which labeled the third time since 1877 that a high of 112 degrees or more has been accomplished there.
