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    Highland fire explodes across Southern California's Riverside County, destroying homes and terrifying evacuees

    LOS ANGELES — A bright orange hue enveloped Carol Rogers’ neighborhood as she fled from her home in Aguanga on Monday afternoon. Nearby, the burgeoning Highland fire was chewing through dried grasses as hot Santa Ana winds whipped it into a blaze. Rogers tried to gather her important documents, medicine and laptop but couldn’t think clearly and left with the clothes she was wearing and her ...
    by Priscella Vega, Hayley Smith and Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times Oct 31, 2023 5 minutes
    A firefighting plane drops fire retardant to create a fire line as the Highland fire burns along Highway 371 on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023, in Aguanga, California.

    LOS ANGELES — A bright orange hue enveloped Carol Rogers’ neighborhood as she fled from her home in Aguanga on Monday afternoon.

    Nearby, the burgeoning Highland fire was chewing through dried grasses as hot Santa Ana winds whipped it into a blaze. Rogers tried to gather her important documents, medicine and laptop but couldn’t think clearly and left with the clothes she was wearing and her slippers.

    “I didn’t realize it was that bad until I went outside and couldn’t breathe,” Rogers said. “Nobody came to tell us.”

    By Tuesday afternoon, the Riverside County fire had exploded to 2,200 acres with no containment, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Approximately 4,000 people were under mandatory evacuation orders, and at least three homes had been destroyed.

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