BANNING, Calif.— A wildfire that tore through brush east of Los Angeles forced 700 people from their homes for several hours Tuesday and destroyed a small building, officials said.The fast-moving fire prompted the evacuations as it raced through 1.5 square miles of drought-dry hills near Banning, the Riverside County Fire Department said.
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Wildfire prompts evacuations of 200 homes in California
The Associated Press
Published Wednesday, August 31, 2016 9:17AM EDT
A jet tanker dumps retardant on the hillside above homes to block the southern movement of a wildfire as it burns near homes in the brush in Beaumont, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016. (Terry Pierson/The Press-Enterprise via AP)