California Burns

Wildfires erupted Monday near Los Angeles and chased people from their suburban homes as an intense heatwave stretching from the West Coast to New Mexico blistered the region.

The fire was apparently ignited by a fatal car crash.

About 300 U.S. Forest Service crew members were tackling the 1,500-acre blaze near Azusa as water-dropping helicopters aided.

Record-setting heat wave leads to blackouts in L.A.

More than an hour later, a second blaze, dubbed the Fish fire, erupted near Brookridge Road and Opal Canyon Road in Duarte, said Capt. Keith Mora, spokesman for the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

“It’s moving fast,” he said. By 9 p.m., the blaze had spread to about 3,000 acres, according to the L.A. County Fire Department.

Firefighters were working under “extremely dry conditions, over 100-degree temperatures” and 12- to 15-mph gusts as they battled the Fish fire, Mora said.

A red flag warning has been issued for Southern California through Tuesday morning. Temperatures are expected to hover in the triple digits in Los Angeles and remain in the 90s near the Sherpa fire in Santa Barbara County, authorities said. That blaze is the largest active fire in California, according to state and federal data.

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