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Update On Fires Raging Across Southern California

A firefighter sprays down the smoldering remains of a burning home during the Hillside Fire in the North Park neighborhood of San Bernardino, California on October 31, 2019. - Firefighters battled new wildfires on in California including a fierce blaze in the city of San Bernardino that forced some residents to flee their homes overnight. The Hillside fire broke out after midnight in San Bernardino, a city of more than 200,000 people some 60 miles (100 kilometers) east of Los Angeles, the San Bernardino County Fire Department said. (Photo by Josh Edelson / AFP) (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)
A firefighter sprays down the smoldering remains of a burning home during the Hillside Fire in the North Park neighborhood of San Bernardino, California on October 31, 2019.
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Update On Fires Raging Across Southern California

With large swaths of Los Angeles County under an "extreme red flag warning" — a triple whammy of wild winds, low humidity and dry brush — fire danger is at an all-time high.

Larry checks in with KPCC reporters on the fires burning in the Southland.
Go to LAist.com for a list of most of the bigger brush fires in our region.

Guests:

Christopher Prater, public information officer, San Bernardino County Fire Department

Libby Denkmann, KPCC reporter

Ryan Cattell, meteorologist for the National Weather Service, serving the Los Angeles and Ventura counties