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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The regional air quality agency has issued a smoke advisory, warning all residents who live near the massive Southern California wildfire to remain indoors and avoid strenuous activity.
Officials said air quality is in the foothill communities around La Canada Flintridge is unhealthy, bordering on hazardous.
Sam Atwood with the Air Quality Management District said people with heart or lung conditions, including asthma, should consider leaving the area.
Smoke from the fire can be seen for miles around Los Angeles County.
The wildfire in the mountains above Los Angeles surged north overnight, forcing more evacuations and threatening some 10,000 homes.
Some residents of the small town of Acton were urged to evacuate Sunday as the 4-day-old blaze heads into the Antelope Valley.
To the south, mandatory evacuations remained in effect for neighborhoods in Altadena, Glendale, Pasadena, La Crescenta and Big Tujunga Canyon.
Fire officials said the fire has consumed more than 55 square miles of dry brush in the western portion of the Angeles National Forest. It is 5 percent contained.
The Associated Press
