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LEBEC, Calif. — Evacuation orders have been lifted for residents in the mountainous area northwest of los Angles where a fire has burned some 1,300 acres.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management spokeswoman Michelle Puckett said the orders from earlier in the day were withdrawn Tuesday evening as increasing humidity levels slowed the fire's spread.
The fire erupted shortly after noon Tuesday west of Interstate 5, near the small community of Lebec in Tejon Pass about 60 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles.
Puckett says no one has been injured and no structures are immediately threatened.
The fire's cause is under investigation.
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LEBEC, Calif. (AP) – Fire roared through 1,100 acres of mountain wilderness northwest of Los Angeles on Tuesday, forcing evacuations as flames threatened dozens of rural homes, authorities said.
Firefighters worked in 100-degree heat in rugged terrain as airtankers, including a DC-10 jumbo jet, painted ridges with orange swaths of retardant to try to corral the flames' advance.
Fifty to 60 homes in the Lebec area were actively threatened, although as many as 200 homes had been evacuated, said Michelle Puckett, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
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