Firefighters continue to fight wildfires in southern California, including a new fire just north of San Diego. In the past five days, the fires have destroyed at least 500 buildings and forced 190,000 people to leave their homes, California officials said.
The wildfires have been burning since Monday. They are causing destruction along the Pacific coast, from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara County, 170 kilometers to the north. The fires are powered by Santa Ana winds—hot, dry air that blows from east to west.
A new fire, named the Lilac Fire, forced California Governor Jerry Brown to declare a state of emergency for San Diego County, more than 200 kilometers south of Los Angeles. The fire forced people to leave their homes as it destroyed homes. California state fire officials said the Santa Ana winds from the California desert and the extremely dry conditions are expected to continue until Sunday. The Los Angeles Unified School District, the US's second largest with 640,000 students, closed more than 275 schools for a second day on Friday. The University of California in Santa Barbara also closed.
Fires are common in Southern California before the winter rains begin. This year is very bad because of unusually hot, dry and windy conditions. Two weeks ago, wildfires in Northern California killed 44 people. Those fires destroyed 8,900 homes and other buildings.
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