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A wildfire blazing 35 miles north of Los Angeles has grown to 20,000 acres, prompting hundreds of mandatory and voluntary evacuations.
The so-called Sand Fire near Santa Clarita started as a brush fire Friday afternoon and was 10% contained Saturday.
About 300 people had been evacuated Saturday and evacuation orders or recommendations have been issued for residents of 1,500 homes, the Los Angeles County Fire Department said.
Authorities earlier said it covered 11,000 acres but on Saturday night the Angeles National Forest tweeted that it had grown to 20,000.
Approximately 300 homes are under mandatory and voluntary evacuation orders and shelters have been established for residents and large animals.
The Santa Clarita area is under a "red flag warning" issued by the National Weather Service, meaning weather conditions and dry vegetation are combined for what the weather service calls "extreme fire danger and/or fire behavior."
Meanwhile, the Soberanes Fire near Big Sur has grown to 2,000 acres and also forced evacuations.
Authorities issued a voluntary evacuation notice Saturday for the Carmel Highlands area. Mandatory evacuations have been ordered for the Palo Colorado neighborhood of Northern Big Sur.
The fire was sparked Friday and is burning 5 miles south of Garrapata State Park. Cal Fire helicopters spent all day flying back and forth between the ocean, where they collected water, and the mountain ridges at the park, where they dropped the water.
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http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/23/us/san...nia/index.html
Anyone else in Southern California seeing the smoke? I live on the other side of town, so I'm not close to the fire right now, but there have been a couple times where I could see the orange flames at the hillside on some parts of town from a distance, as well as from Six Flags.
My Mom just told me we should think about what to bring in case we have to evacuate
This is basically a news/discussion thread.
the air is bad 
