Hot, windy weather stokes fires in southern California with mandatory evacuation orders in place for many

A fast-moving fire spread into neighborhoods in southern California on Friday as the region braces for more hot, windy weather that will amplify fire dangers through Saturday.

Several structures could be seen ablaze in video footage captured by local news helicopters as firefighters worked to wrangle the more than 465 acre Norte fire, which erupted in Orange county on Friday.

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© Photograph: Paul Bersebach/The Orange County Register/AP

© Photograph: Paul Bersebach/The Orange County Register/AP

© Photograph: Paul Bersebach/The Orange County Register/AP

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