A fast-moving brush fire dubbed the Sandy Fire broke out in Simi Valley on Monday, forcing residents to evacuate their homes.

Three wildfires have burned more than 3,500 acres this week in Southern California and triggered evacuation orders and warnings for tens of thousands of residents in Ventura and Riverside counties. The fires blanketed widespread parts of the region with smoke,

A wind-driven fire that broke out in Ventura County Monday morning stalled overnight, allowing some residents to return home.

There are currently seven wildfires burning around Southern California, some of which are threatening homes and prompting evacuations. The largest of the ongoing wildfires is the Santa Rosa Fire on Santa Rosa Island in Channel Islands National Park,

A brush fire in Simi Valley has moved toward the communities that straddle the Ventura and Los Angeles county border.

Firefighters made progress overnight and into Tuesday morning as they continued to protect homes in the Simi Valley area from the nearly 1,400-acre Sandy Fire in Ventura County. Minimal fire growth was reported overnight after the fire started late Monday morning and destroyed at least one home in a neighborhood at the base of a burning hillside.

More than 33,000 people remain under evacuation orders after a brush fire broke out in Simi Valley, Calif. By Soumya Karlamangla and Amy Graff A fast-moving brush fire in a suburban community north of Los Angeles destroyed one home on Monday and threatened thousands more,

Authorities continued to make progress fighting two wildfires in northern Minnesota, fully containing one burning along the North Shore. A second fire, in the Brainerd Lakes Area, was mostly contained,

Evacuation orders and warnings remain in several counties across California, as more than a dozen fires continue to rage across the state.