Hundreds stay evacuated because of ‘Apple Fire’ in California

Evacuation warnings were in effect early Monday after a wildfire in the mountains east of Los Angeles grew in scale for thousands of residents in southern California in the U.S. The explosion, nicknamed by local firefighters as ‘Apple Fire,’ has caused approximately 8,000 people to leave their residences, local authorities said. Five percent of the fire officially contained on Monday. 

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Update by Alivia Banerjee

News source: East Bay Express