The fire, which has torched 2.5 square miles of rugged terrain so far, had previously forced evacuations. ———CENTRAL CALIFORNIAA wildfire burning in steep, inaccessible terrain is threatening at least 300 homes in or near a gated community in central California. Four hilltop homes were destroyed — one had only a swimming pool remaining after being burned to its foundation, county fire Engineer Jeff Allen said. One blaze is burning about 5 miles east of Cle Elum, said Jim Duck, a spokesman with the Central Washington Interagency Communications Center. The fire is about 60 miles south of a deadly 75-square-mile blaze that broke out near Lake Isabella last week.

Source: ABC News July 02, 2016 18:32 UTC