California fire crews brace for return of dangerous winds

LOS ANGELES (AP) — After a welcome lull in powerful winds that drove Southern California's massive wildfire, crews braced for the return of potentially dangerous gusts that could revive the flames.

Firefighters used two days of calm conditions to build containment lines and set controlled fires to clear dry brush ahead of so-called sundowner winds expected to whip up Wednesday afternoon.

"We are still on guard," fire information officer Rudy Evenson said. "It's been a very unpredictable fire and we just don't know what these winds are going to do."

The blaze that's burned for more than two weeks northwest of Los Angeles is 60 percent contained and now the second-largest in California history.