Firefighters were working to gain the upper hand on a windblown brush fire that erupted early Thursday near the San Bernardino National Forest that quickly charred 75 acres, forced road closures and sent residents fleeing from neighborhoods. Voluntary evacuations in the city of San Bernardino for all homes north of Foothill Drive between Del Rosa Avenue and Manzanita Drive have been lifted. However, roughly 80 homes in north San Bernardino neighborhoods that include Mariposa Drive, David Way and Arrowhead Road remain under mandatory evacuations. Thursday’s evacuations came amid power outages in San Bernardino County and elsewhere prompted by fire weather. More than 7,000 customers in San Bernardino County are without power as of Thursday.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 24, 2019 13:19 UTC