Authorities on Thursday compelled thousands to flee a wildfire which engulfed areas around Los Angeles, destroying dozens of homes and cutting power to tens of thousands of customers, as

SANTA PAULA, California (Reuters) -Over ten thousand people were ordered to evacuate communities northwest of Los Angeles as fierce seasonal winds drove a wildfire down tinder-dry hillsides into ranches and homes,

Thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate a part of California that has been savaged by wildfire for a second day running. The fast-moving wildfire was first reported near Moorpark, 40 miles north-west of Los Angeles,