(AP photo)LOS ANGELES: Two new wildfires broke out Thursday in southern California, destroying 21 structures so far between them and threatening hundreds more, presenting yet another hurdle for overstretched fire crews. At least one hilltop house burned Thursday afternoon after a fire broke out near large tracts of homes near the city of Murrieta in Riverside County, east of Los Angeles. At the same time, the San Diego County Fire Authority reported that 20 structures had burned in a blaze near the inland San Diego County community of Bonsall, about 161km south of Los Angeles. The Lilac fire, as it was being called, wasn't far from large tracts of expensive homes. The fires represented new fronts on a series of wildfires that had been burning mostly in Los Angeles and to the north.

Source: Bangkok Post December 08, 2017 05:26 UTC