The Latest: Forest town evacuated because of California fire
HORNBROOK, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on wildfires in the Western United States (all times local):4 p.m.
A wildfire in the forest east of Los Angeles has prompted the mandatory evacuation of an entire town in Southern California — one of several blazes threatening homes as the region swelters under a heat wave.
Fire officials say evacuations were ordered Friday afternoon for the community of Forest Falls because of a quick-moving fire in the San Bernardino National Forest.
The community 75 miles (120 kilometers) east of Los Angeles has more than 700 homes and about 1,000 residents.___3:50 p.m.
A wildfire on a sprawling Southern California Marine base has prompted the evacuation of 750 homes.