Desde el pasado 17 de mayo las autoridades del sur de California luchan para controlar un enorme incendio forestal que ha provocado la evacuación de al menos 40 mil personas.

Evacuations orders have been issued in Southern California as authorities also contend with another major blaze off the state's coast.

By afternoon, the Sandy Fire had consumed more than 500 acres of dry brush in the hills above Simi Valley, a city about 30 miles from Los Angeles, and damaged at least one home.