LOCAL authorities on Thursday ordered some 600 people to leave a residential area in the mountains of Santa Cruz, California due to an out-of-control wildfire racing through the area.
Some 250 homes and buildings in Bonny Doon, approximately 80km south-east of San Francisco, are threatened by the fire, Santa Cruz county spokesman Dinah Phillips told local media.
According to the California Forestry and Fire Protection department (CALFIRE), some 1,000 hectares have been burned in a blaze known as the Lockheed Fire since the fire broke out late on Wednesday.
CALFIRE reported '0 per cent containment' of the fire, but also reports no deaths or injuries.
The fire broke out in a steep hillside area covered with thick bushes and pine trees, where several upscale homes are located.
A smaller fire in the same area in June 2008 destroyed three homes and 10 buildings, costing authorities some US$5.4 million (S$6.8 million) for three days of work to put the fire out.
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