Local media in the United States reported on Wednesday that tens of thousands of people were forced to leave the area after fires spread rapidly in various areas of Los Angeles.

EghtesadOnline: More than 1,600 firefighters battled on Monday to contain a fast-spreading wildfire that has forced hundreds of evacuations in the drought-parched canyons north of Los Angeles, destroying 18 homes, killing at least one person and closing a highway.

EghtesadOnline: A wildfire on the northern edge of Los Angeles rapidly grew on Saturday into what the mayor called the largest blaze in the city’s history, prompting the evacuation of hundreds of people and the closure of a major highway.