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More than 17,000 under evacuation orders as Southern California wildfire threatens homes
More than 17,000 people were under evacuation orders as firefighters battled the blaze, which had burned more than two square miles and damaged at least one home.
- On Tuesday, more than 17,000 people were under evacuation orders in Simi Valley, Calif., as the wind-driven Sandy Fire threatened suburban homes about 30 miles northwest of Los Angeles.
- Reported Monday in the hills above Simi Valley, the blaze consumed more than two square miles of dry brush and destroyed at least one home, according to the Ventura County Fire Department.
- Helicopters performed water drops over the city of more than 125,000 people, while The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum closed for the day due to smoke from the fire.
- "We've made a lot of progress against this fire," said department spokesperson Andrew Dowd, as crews hoped to make further progress before winds increased again.
- Meanwhile, firefighters were also battling a 23-square-mile blaze on Santa Rosa Island, part of the Channel Islands, which forced the evacuation of National Park Service employees.
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Thousands of people were ordered to evacuate on Monday, while a wind-fed forest fire threatened suburban homes in southern California.
·Los Angeles, United States
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