Forecasters in California are using some of their strongest language to warn that windy conditions may help fires spread this week.

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, authorities said. Firefighters and police cleared residents from neighbourhoods near Camarillo before homes were set ablaze by embers blown two miles (3.

By David Swanson and Kanishka Singh SANTA PAULA, California (Reuters) -Over 10,000 people were ordered to evacuate from a wildfire northwest of Los Angeles as fierce seasonal winds blew flames into ranches and neighborhoods,