Southern California wildfire engulfs homes, prompts evacuation orders

Al Jazeera reports: The fast-spreading Norte Fire in Orange County is fuelled by intense warm winds and unseasonably high temperatures. A fast-spreading wildfire in Orange County, in Southern California, has engulfed several coastal properties and prompted widespread evacuation orders. The Orange County Fire Authority said on Friday that the Norte Fire had scorched about 188 hectares (465 acres), with the state’s Cal Fire agency putting it at about 231 hectares (570 acres) by the evening, and that at least six homes had been damaged or destroyed in the San Juan Capistrano area.

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