Raging wildfires churn through dry brush in Southern California
More than 17,000 people are under evacuation orders as a wildfire continues to threaten suburban homes in Southern California.
The Sandy Fire in hills above Simi Valley, northwest of Los Angeles, had consumed more than two square miles of dry brush as of Tuesday.
There is zero containment.
The cause is under investigation.
Evacuation orders and warnings are still in place for several neighborhoods in Simi Valley, a city of more than 125,000 people.
Meanwhile, firefighters are battling a 23-square-mile blaze on Santa Rosa Island, off the Southern California coast.
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