Wildfires broke out on Sunday in Southern California amid what federal forecasters described as 'dangerous heat' in the Southwest.
, the Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon Fire, continued to burn Sunday, with 320,000 acres scorched and 70 percent containment, federal and state fire officials said.
The state's Black Fire wasn't far behind that acreage, at more than 304,000. It raged about 31 miles northwest of Truth or Consequences, with 42 percent containment, state officials said. Authorities believe it was human-caused on May 13, but the specific spark was still under investigation. In Arizona, the Pipeline Fire's late-morning start Sunday prompted authorities to warn"recreationists" to leave the area in Coconino County six miles north of Flagstaff.evacuations for two neighborhoods.
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