Southern California wildfire forces 4,000 people from their homes

The wildfire, which ripped through rural lands southeast of Los Angeles, destroyed three buildings and damaged six others.

A wildfire fueled by gusty Santa Ana winds ripped through rural land southeast of Los Angeles on Monday, forcing about 4,000 people from their homes, fire authorities said.

As of late Monday night, it had spread over about 2 square miles of land, fire spokesman Jeff LaRusso said.The fire had destroyed three buildings and damaged six others but it wasn't clear whether any were homes. The region is sparsely populated but there are horse ranches and a large mobile home site, LaRusso said.

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