Authorities lifted all evacuation orders in Southern California

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SAN BERNARDINO: On Sunday, authorities lifted all evacuation orders and allowed crowed to return in their home, followed by explosive wildfire in Southern California.

Five days before that is on Tuesday when the fire broke out 60 miles east of Los Angeles around 82,000 people were ordered to evacuate their home.

Most of residents return to see their home, some of broken not all. A preliminary estimation found almost 105 homes damage and 216 outbuildings destroyed across the rural, mountainous territory where large swaths of open land have been turned black.

Fire spokesman Costa Dillon said on Sunday, “this fire did not go through a dense community, like some fires do, almost all of this area is lightly populated.”

Erratic fire was moving fast that destroyed almost 58 square miles was 85 percent contained. Firefighters were finding and suppress any lasting flames and hot spots.

Dillon said, “You don’t want somebody to come back to a neighborhood where a fire could suddenly flare up on the property next door from something still ablaze,”.

On Sunday morning, Fire officials instruct residents at an evacuation at the San Bernardino County Fairgrounds where about 15 residents remained.

Johanna Santore, a 63 year old her husband and their 10-year-old granddaughter were took lesion on Sunday they are still not being allowed to return home. The family’s home and nearly all their belongings were destroyed in the blaze.

Santore said, that Saturday evening when everyone was asleep, she went out and cried thinking of the family’s lost pets and mementoes, the Santores were out running task when the fire broke out and were unable to return to save anything. Four dogs, six cats and a hamster left behind are missing.

I am hoping someone is trapped around hiding, Santore said if I start calling, they might recognize our voices.

In the meantime she was luckily able to replace birth certificates but unlikely to recover other important documents.

A prolonged drought in California was enough to catch fire. Six other wildfires were burning in the state, including one in San Luis Obispo County that forced the closure of the historic Hearst Castle on Saturday. It remained closed on Sunday.

The blaze has burnt almost 34 homes and 43 square miles since it began August 13. It has been controlled over 35%, Fire spokeswoman Jaime Garrett said the fire was growing in the opposite direction of the Hearst Castle. The castle is a popular tourist attraction and houses a large art collection that belonged to media magnate William Randolph Hearst.

33-square-mile wildfire, allowed Santa Barbara County, to evacuation of two campgrounds was 20 percent controlled.

In the southern Sierra Nevada, another fire is exploding in Sequoia National Forest which forced the evacuation of several tiny hamlets.

On Sunday, fire crews were gaining control over fire in Northern California, destroyed 189 homes yet. Officials said the 6-square-mile fire in Lower Lake was 95 percent controlled.

Month long fire burning near California’s sight Big Sur is not expected to be controlled until the end of September. The fire has destroyed 57 homes and burnt 133 square miles, Cal Fire said. It is 60 percent restricted.###