California wildfires force evacuations as blazes continue to spread

Hundreds of people have been ordered to evacuate their

homes as several wildfires continue to burn through steep terrain near

California's central coast on Saturday.

The blaze is

believed to have been caused by searing summer temperatures and parched

land, fueling dozens of blazes in the west and southwest US.

Residents

from Oroville and Santa Barbara county were evacuated, with at least

six people reported injured and 10 buildings destroyed.

Reuters

reports that high temperatures are forecast to reach the Plains states

by Sunday, including North and South Dakota and Iowa.