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Hundreds Evacuate From California Wildfire

CRESTLINE, Calif. (AP) — Hundreds of homes are under evacuation orders and thousands are threatened by a surging wildfire in the San Bernardino Mountains near Hesperia.

San Bernardino County sheriff's officials and the U.S. Forest Service tell the Los Angeles Times that 375 homes were under mandatory evacuation orders on Monday night.

Authorities say about 5,000 more are under voluntary evacuation orders.

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No homes have yet burned and no one has been injured by the blaze that broke out on Sunday.