Powerful winds fuel wildfires in California

Bruce McDougal hoses down vegetation while working to save his home from the Bond Fire (Noah Berger/AP)

Gusts reaching 70mph have fuelled the spread of a California wildfire, one of several which has forced residents to flee their homes.

The biggest blaze began late on Wednesday as a house fire in Orange County’s Silverado Canyon, and the fire has since grown to 11 square miles.