![Traffic snakes up a road as residents flee their hillside homes during a fast moving, wind driven brush fire in the Sylmar area of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, Monday, Oct. 13, 2008. [Dan Steinberg/AP Photo]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20081015/000cf1a487730a5f938007.jpg "Traffic snakes up a road as residents flee their hillside homes during a fast moving, wind driven brush fire in the Sylmar area of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, Monday, Oct. 13, 2008. [Dan Steinberg/AP Photo]") |
|
Traffic snakes up a road as residents flee their hillside homes during a fast moving, wind driven brush fire in the Sylmar area of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, Monday, Oct. 13, 2008. [Dan Steinberg/AP Photo]
|
![A cloud of smoke is blown over the freeway near Porter Ranch in Los Angeles on Monday Oct. 13,2008. [Mike Meadows/AP Photo]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20081015/000cf1a487730a5f932104.jpg "A cloud of smoke is blown over the freeway near Porter Ranch in Los Angeles on Monday Oct. 13,2008. [Mike Meadows/AP Photo]") |
|
A cloud of smoke is blown over the freeway near Porter Ranch in Los Angeles on Monday Oct. 13,2008. [Mike Meadows/AP Photo]
|
Firefighters were struggling with a 5,000-acre blaze in the San Fernando Valley's northeastern corner when a new blaze erupted a few miles to the west.
The second fire, in mountains above the Porter Ranch area, quickly grew to 2,000 acres as wind blew up to 45 miles per hour. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
