LA wildfires surge north

A GROWING wildfire in the mountains above Los Angeles surged north yesterday, forcing more evacuations and threatening some 10,000 homes.

Residents of the small town of Acton were urged to evacuate as the four-day-old blaze headed into the Antelope Valley. The fire spread in all directions, leaving three people burned, destroying at least three homes and forcing thousands to flee.

Mandatory evacuations were in effect for neighbourhoods in Altadena, Glendale, Pasadena, La Crescenta and Big Tujunga Canyon. At least three homes deep in the Angeles National Forest were destroyed.