60,000 people in

BBC

California have been ordered to evacuate

NEWS

their homes, as a wildfire rages in Orange

County, south of Los Angeles. The blaze,

dubbed the Silverado Fire, broke out just

before sunrise. By midday, the blaze had

already burned about 2,000 acres (300

hectares), the state fire agency reported

with about 4,000 firefighters battling

wildfires across the state. California

has already seen its worst wildfires in

18 years. They have been responsible

for more than 30 deaths and driven

thousands of people from their homes.

(Reuters/EPA) #California #US

#Wildfires #bbcnews