Four injured, five homes burn in San Bernardino brush fire

Five homes were burned Saturday in a fast-moving fire in San Bernardino, California, prompting evacuations and an assault by firefighters.

The fire was burning south of California State University, San Bernardino and north of Interstate 215. At least 10 acres burned. Three firefighters and one civilian suffered injuries, according to the San Bernardino Fire Department.

Residents in the path of the fire were evacuated.

The Kendall Fire was one of several burning in California on Saturday.

Here’s a look at fires across the West:

CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

A wildfire burning in steep, inaccessible terrain is threatening at least 300 homes in or near a gated community in central California.

The fire has grown to 2.8 square miles since it began Friday afternoon, Phil Neufeld, a spokesman for the Kern County Fire Department said Saturday. It is 0 percent contained.

Firefighters were focused on keeping the fire from climbing over a ridge and potentially threatening another 1,000 homes in Bear Valley Spring, a private community of 7,500 in the Tehachapi Mountains and several hundred homes in the Hart Flat community.

“It if blows over the ridge, it can cause damage,” Neufeld said.

The fire was burning a number of dead trees devastated by California’s four-year drought and a severe bark beetle infestation. Firefighters were hampered by the rough terrain, 20 mph winds and hot, dry weather.

The blaze is among 12 wildfires burning in California.

The fire is about 60 miles south of a deadly 75-square-mile blaze that broke out near Lake Isabella last week. That fire is 90 percent contained, and resources from it are being diverted to fight the new fire.

UTAH A voluntary evacuation order has been partially lifted as firefighters make significant progress in containing a southern Utah wildfire.

Fire officials say the blaze near Pine Valley, north of St. George, was 42 percent contained Saturday.

The fire started June 13 with a lightning strike on Saddle Mountain.

WASHINGTON

Fire crews are fighting two brush fires in Kittitas County in central Washington.

One blaze is burning about 5 miles east of Cle Elum, said Jim Duck, a spokesman with the Central Washington Interagency Communications Center. Residents of about several homes were told to leave the area immediately, he said.

Crews are also fighting on a smaller blaze that has burned 4 acres in South Cle Elum.

DAVID BAUMAN/THE PRESS-ENTERPRISE VIA AP Several hilltop homes burn Saturday in San Bernardino, Calif., after a fast-moving brush fire. Five homes were burned and several people, including three firefighters, were injured in the blaze.