LOS ANGELES, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Thousands of people are under evacuation orders as a fast-moving wildfire continues to rage in Southern California on Friday amid a major heat wave.
The Canyon Fire broke out around 1:25 p.m. local time (2025 GMT) on Thursday near Piru, a small historic town located in eastern Ventura County and dozens of kilometers northwest of Los Angeles. The blaze grew rapidly to over 4,800 acres (about 19.4 square km), according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire).
