The Lake Fire, blazing about 65 miles north of Los Angeles, is 12% contained with no known cause.
Mandatory evacuations are still in place as a Southern California wildfire spread to more than 17,000 acres over the weekend in rural Los Angeles County.
The Lake Fire, blazing about 65 miles north of Los Angeles near Lake Hughes and amid a dangerous heat wave that has caused rolling blackouts in some parts of the state, has burned 17,862 acres as of 1 p.m. PDT Sunday, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. It has destroyed 12 structures and 21 outbuildings.
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