A massive wildfire burning in Riverside and San Bernardino counties in California has scorched over 20,000 acres and was at 5% containment Sunday night, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. The "Apple Fire," which is believed to have started as three separate blazes, broke out Friday afternoon and continues to burn three days later.
Flames roared overnight into the hillside and into the communities of Cherry Valley, Banning and into the San Bernardino National Forest.
"The fire burned north of us for quite some time and eventually it worked its way over here," one local resident told CBS Los Angeles. Governor Gavin Newsom announced the state got a FEMA grant to help pay for the ongoing firefighting efforts.
San Bernadino National Forest officials tweeted late Sunday that a night operations flight would be doing infrared mapping.
About 8,000 people have been evacuated since the fire broke out. At least one home burned down Saturday.
"Folks not taking advantage of it over concerns about COVID-19, we have measures in place. We planned for this months ahead," said Captain Fernando Herrera of Cal Fire...
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If you had a choice between potential exposure to COVID-19 or being burned alive, which would you choose? That's an easy choice for me.
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