6,000 Flee From Mountain Fire

Six thousand people have been evacuated from the San Jacinto Mountains, in Southern California.

Residents of several towns, resorts, and camp grounds have been ordered out due to the Mountain Fire.

At least twenty-seven structures, including homes, have been burnt by the fire, which is raging out of control.

Over twenty-three thousand acres have been burned by the fire, which began on Monday.

Nearly three thousand firefighters are being aided by seventeen helicopters and ten tankers in battling the blaze.

Worries are that if it continues it's spread north, the town of Palm Springs will have to be evacuated.

The southern edge of town now lies less than two miles from the flames.