An out-of-control wildfire growing with great speed in Southern California mountains Wednesday night burned homes, forced about 1,500 residents and campers to evacuate and left three people including two firefighters injured.
The fire broke out about 2 p.m. near Banning and surged to at least 6,000 acres, or more than 9 square miles, within a few hours, state fire officials said.
One civilian was burned and airlifted to a hospital, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said in a statement. Two firefighters were also injured and both were taken to hospitals by ambulance. Officials would give no further details on the injuries.
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