California wildfire forces evacuations as blazes hit U.S.
09 July 2017 |
3:00 pm
Hundreds of people have been evacuated from a fast-moving wildfire burning through steep terrain near California's central coast, after searing temperatures have fueled dozens of blazes in the U.S. West.
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