Evacuation orders remained in place Sunday as crews built containment lines around a wind-driven wildfire that scorched 1,500 acres of dry brush and damaged four buildings at a Southern California military base.
The blaze at the Marine Corps’ Camp Pendleton was 15 percent contained and firefighters were trying to halt its movement toward the northeast, press officer Sgt. Christopher Duncan said.
The fire broke out Saturday amid hot, dry and windy conditions throughout the region. It quickly prompted the evacuation of 230 residents from a housing unit near Lake O’Neil and caused minor damage to four buildings, base officials said, ABC informs.
