California Wildfires: 19 Fires Scorch 10,000 Acres

LOS ANGELES, CA — In an ominous segue into the Fourth of July Holiday weekend, wildfires broke out across California this week. With the official start of summer wildfire season barely begun, about 10,000 acres burned in 19 separate wildfires since this week.

Across Southern California where five separate fires burned Thursday, air quality was poor, and the smell of smoke was strong more than 50 miles away from the various blazes ranging from San Diego County to Malibu.

In Northern California, the fast-moving Ranch Fire scorched 85 acres in Santa Clara County Thursday.

Here are your up-to-the-minute updates on California’s wildfires in Patch towns.

• Resident's Eerie Photos Of Cristiantitos Fire: 'We Could See The Flames, And They Were Growing' "You have to be ready to go," A San Clemente resident said of the Cristiantitos Fire. "As long as there's smoke there is still concern."
• Cristianitos Fire Spreads To 760 Acres At Camp Pendleton, San Clemente; Crews Reach 70% Containment UPDATE: The wildfire is 70 percent contained as of 4 p.m. Thursday. There are no evacuations.
• Firefighters Battle Laguna Niguel Brush FireBREAKING: As firefighters battle the San Clemente Cristianitos Fire, a brush fire was reported in Laguna Niguel/Aliso Viejo area.
• 2 Brush Fires Burn In Malibu/Calabasas Area: UPDATED Firefighters are battling two small brush fires - the Stokes Fire and the Topanga Fire - near Malibu
• Manzanita Fire Update: Containment Reaches 86 Percent On 4th Day Since Monday, the fire south of Beaumont has scorched more than 6,300 acres.
• Ranch Fire In Santa Clara County Burns 85 Acres Breaking: The brush fire is burning near the site of the recent Quimby Fire east of San Jose.
• Burbank Fire Threatens Homes, Triggers 130 Evacuations Crews continued to monitor hot spots Thursday in Burbank where a small brushfire had threatened homes and forced evacuations
• Stokes Fire Burns 50 Acres Near Malibu-Calabasas BREAKING: A brush fire erupted off of the Mulholland Highway and Malibu Canyon Road

Photo courtesy of the Los Angeles County Fire Department