Western wildfires: Southern California fire roars to life

A Riverside City Fire Department water truck makes its way down a road towards the Heart Bar campground as a fire continues to burn in the San Bernardino National Forest, California, Thursday, June 25 2015. A huge forest fire that has been burning through rugged terrain in the San Bernardino Mountains for more than a week forced evacuations as it stretched northeast into the desert. (Stan Lim/The Press-Enterprise via AP) MAGS OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT; LOS ANGELES TIMES OUT A Riverside City Fire Department water truck makes its way down a road towards the Heart Bar campground as a fire continues to burn in the San Bernardino National Forest, California, Thursday, June 25 2015. A huge forest fire that has been burning through rugged terrain in the San Bernardino Mountains for more than a week forced evacuations as it stretched northeast into the desert. (Stan Lim/The Press-Enterprise via AP) MAGS OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT; LOS ANGELES TIMES OUT

By Associated Press June 26, 2015 3 min read

Wildfires are chewing through parched parts of the West, including a resurgent blaze in California that forced residents of some desert communities to flee their homes. A look at the latest hotspots and what crews are doing to control them:

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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

A huge, week-old wildfire roared to new life in the rugged terrain in the San Bernardino Mountains, threatening thousands of homes and other structures as it stretched northeast into the desert.

The blaze about 90 miles east of Los Angeles has consumed some 40 square miles – nearly a quarter of that in the last two days. Residents of the tiny Mojave communities of Burns Canyon and Rimrock were ordered to leave their homes Thursday.