Thousands flee as wildfires rage across California
The fires have charred nearly 15 square miles in suburban Los Angeles and northern San Diego in three days, with the fiercest blazes in the San Fernando Valley.
More than 2,000 firefighters and water and retardant-dropping aircraft battled a 5,000-acre fire in canyons on the west end of the valley and another 5,300-acre fire at the north-east end. Both still burned last night.
