Authorities in northern California have ordered the evacuation of homes in the path of a small but fast-growing brush fire near Mount Diablo State Park, northeast of San Francisco.
The so-called Morgan fire had devoured 400 acres of dense, dry brush and grass southeast of the town of Clayton in just a few hours, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Residents of 50 to 75 homes threatened by the blaze were ordered to evacuate.
