Canyon Fire grows to nearly 5,000 acres in SoCal, forcing evacuations and emergency response amid extreme heat. This live blog is now closed.

Calif. college reignites controversy by adding new sport A fast-moving Southern California wildfire has scorched thousands of acres, prompting evacuations in Los Angeles and Ventura counties, and winds could push the fire toward Interstate 5's notorious Grapevine stretch this weekend.

Fire officials say the blaze is threatening power lines as well as the communities of Hasley Canyon and Hathaway Ranch.

French officials have confirmed that one person is dead and 13 are injured in a wildfire in southern France, the largest France has dealt with in decades.

Satellite images revealed the scope of destruction in the south of France where an area larger than the country's capital Paris has been turned into ashes by a massive wildfire.