Summit fire chars 2,000 acres amid Southern California heat wave, looming monsoon conditions

A wildfire burning near the Los Angeles-San Bernardino county line grew to more than 2,000 acres Friday, spurring evacuation orders in Llano amid searing heat and approaching monsoonal weather conditions across Southern California.

The Summit fire ignited shortly before 1 p.m. Friday afternoon in Llano near Jesus Canyon Road and East Avenue Z and quickly spread to more than 600 acres, L.A. County Fire Department spokesperson Kaitlyn Aldana told The Times.

In an evening update on X, the department said that the fire had grown to more than 2,000 acres and was 0% contained…

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