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SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Officials have ordered people in about 30 homes to evacuate as a wildfire roars through a canyon in Southern California's Cleveland National Forest.
The homes are at the bottom of Silverado Canyon, where a fire has burned through 2 square miles of drought-dried brush in the midst of a heat wave. Fire officials say the evacuation is precautionary and no residences are immediately threatened.
After burning uphill and away from the homes all day, Orange County fire Capt. Mike Petro says there's a chance that a down-canyon wind could spring up after sunset.
About 300 firefighters are battling the flames in steep terrain and temperatures that still approached 90 degrees as dusk fell. Saturday's high is expected to hit 102.
Cleveland National Forest sprawls over the rugged peaks of the Santa Ana Mountains straddling the Orange and Riverside county line southeast of Los Angeles.
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APPHOTO CALOS102: More than 280 firefighters are aided by water dropping helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft as they battle a 1,300-acre fire in Silverado Canyon, Calif., in Southern Orange County, Friday, Sept. 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Times, Mark Boster) (12 Sep 2014)
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APPHOTO CAANR404: An Orange County Fire Authority helicopter drops a load of water on a brush fire in Silverado Canyon in Orange County, Calif. on Friday, Sept. 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Orange County Register, Sam Gangwer) (12 Sep 2014)
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APPHOTO CAANR401: Firefighters work on a brush fire in Silverado Canyon in Orange County, Calif. on Friday, Sept. 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Orange County Register, Sam Gangwer) (12 Sep 2014)
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APPHOTO CAANR304: A wildfire burns in Silverado Canyon in eastern Orange County, Calif. on Friday, Sept. 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Orange County Register, Mark Rightmire) (12 Sep 2014)
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