Lake Fire Burns 478 Acres in Southern California: See Map

An audit found California was unprepared to help vulnerable people in a fire. Five years later, lawmakers finally talk about it

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More than 100 people temporarily stranded after fleeing 478-acre California blaze

Bystanders used boats and jet skis to rescue trapped crowd at reservoir

Lake Fire burns 478 acres in Southern California: See map

The Lake Fire burning near Victorville stalled overnight, though Cal Fire predicts weather will make fighting the blaze tougher in the coming days.

Crews battle 2 fast-growing brush fires in Inland Empire near Silverwood Lake and San Timoteo Canyon

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Lake fire burns 477 acres in San Bernardino County, prompting evacuations and road closures

The Lake fire broke out in the Silverwood Lake reservoir in San Bernardino County, burning more than 400 acres and prompting evacuations and road closures in the area.

Smiley fire north of Moreno Valley stopped at 83 acres

MORENO VALLEY — Firefighters Saturday held a vegetation fire north of Moreno Valley, between Riverside and San Bernardino counties, to 83 acres. The Smiley fire was reported at 2:36 p.m. Saturday in an unincorporated area at San Timoteo Canyon Road and Smiley Boulevard, according to the Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department. The forward progress of the fire was reported stopped at 5:44 p.m. No injuries or structure damage were reported. At 6…