With a heat wave rolling across the Southland, firefighters battled two fast-moving fires Saturday as residents braced for temperatures that could reach 108 degrees in some areas.
A wildfire that sparked to life Friday several miles north of Glendora grew nearly 40% overnight to 2,500 acres, jumping across a highway and destroying three cabins and one outhouse in a camping area, officials said. The fire, called the Cabin fire, is currently 0% contained.
More than 400 firefighters and several helicopters and air tankers are battling the blaze, said Joel Gonzalez, spokesman with the U.S. Forest Service. Five campgrounds have been evacuated, and a section of Highway 39 between Sierra Madre and Highway 2 has been closed for the rest of the weekend.