BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. (AP) — At least 400 homes remain threatened as crews increase containment of a wildfire burning through timber near a popular ski resort in the San Bernardino Mountains.
Water cannons usually used for making snow were pointed at the fire burning near Snow Summit resort in Big Bear Lake, about 100 miles east of downtown Los Angeles.
Firefighters working through the night held the blaze to about 100 acres. It is 30 percent contained early Monday.
The resort was open for mountain biking and scenic ski-lift rides before closing for the fire that broke out Sunday afternoon.
Evacuation orders are in place for up to 500 homes, many of them cabins and vacation houses.
All schools within the Bear Valley Unified School District are closed Monday. Several mountain roads are off-limits.
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