MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The wildfire, dubbed Calgrove, erupted in the Santa Clarita area on Wednesday afternoon and was 20 percent contained as of late Wednesday, according to NBC.
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About 450 firefighters and seven helicopters were working on putting the blaze out, as it burnt around 100 acres, NBC said.
A smoke advisory has been issued for the Santa Clarita Valley by the South Coast Air Quality Management District, according to ABC News, which also reported on Wednesday that Freeway 5 was partially shut down amid the firefight.
There is a danger that Southern California could see more wildfires in the coming days, weather.com warned.
"A building area of high pressure in the upper atmosphere over the West will only worsen the fire danger across the region through this weekend," weather.com meteorologist Chris Dolce said on Wednesday.
California has had over 2,400 wildfires since the beginning of the year, which is about 800 more blazes than the average for the state over the last five years, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire).
