Temperatures in the area are near 100 degrees and humidity as low as 15 percent. The southern part of California has seen very little rain, drying out vegetation and making it "ripe to burn," the National Weather Service (NWS) for Los Angeles warned.

The Canyon Fire is burning through steep terrain near the Ventura-Los Angeles county line, prompting evacuations and air quality warnings.

Mandatory evacuation orders were issued Thursday for the Lake Piru and Val Verde areas as a wildfire burned nearby amid searing mid-summer temperatures a Southern California. The Canyon fire has scorched roughly 4,

Canyon Fire burns nearly 5,000 acres in SoCal, forcing evacuations and emergency response amid extreme heat. Follow Newsweek's live blog.

Canyon Fire becomes one of four wildfires burning across Southern California on Thursday, forcing evacuations east of Lake Piru as crews battle flames.

Rising temperatures pose new challenges for firefighters who have made incremental progress against a massive wildfire in central California that has injured four people as it has become the biggest b