AP: California Wildfire Surges in Size

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A wildfire in the mountains above Los Angeles has surged in every direction, going in a single day from a modest threat to a danger to some 10,000 homes.

The blaze nearly tripled in size in triple-digit heat Saturday, leaving three people burned, destroying at least three homes and forcing the evacuation of 1,000 homes and an untold number of people.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/08/30/us/AP-US-California-Wildfires.html?_r=1&hp