IE Wildfire Is So Far The Smallest Of 5 Major Blazes Being Fought In Southern California

By • Dec 6, 2017

Mandatory evacuations and road closures were ordered yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon after a 100-acre fire erupted in San Bernardino. Later, evacuations were lifted and roads were reopened.
Credit twitter.com/@NBCLA

As of this morning (Wednesday), firefighters are battling five major wildfires in Southern California.  One of them is in the Inland Empire.  We get more from KVCR's Ken Vincent.

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