Hemet FIRE Day 2 lots of HOUSES in DANGER GLOBAL WARMING #california #bbcnews #fire

Hemet FIRE Day 2 lots of HOUSES in DANGER GLOBAL WARMING
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California wildfires kill 4 over Labor Day weekend amid record-breaking temperatures

Four people were killed in California wildfires over Labor Day weekend, officials said, amid record-breaking temperatures expected to drive historic power demands across the state Tuesday.

Over 4,000 firefighters are battling 14 large fires around the state, and 45 new fires erupted on Sunday alone, said Anale Burlew, a deputy chief with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

Two people died in a rapidly-spreading wildfire in Southern California on Monday, Cal Fire officials said, and two others were killed in a Northern California blaze that has ripped through a small town.

Fairview Fire kills 2 near Hemet in Southern California
The Fairview Fire in Southern California grew to almost 4 square miles Tuesday morning, with just 5% containment.

The fire broke out Monday in an unincorporated area near Hemet, about 80 miles southeast of Los Angeles. In less than an hour, it had exploded to 500 acres, according to Cal Fire.

Two people were killed and another injured when winds pushed the fire into a canyon, according to Josh Janssen, the incident commander.

Those individuals were attempting to flee the area and were overcome by the fire," he said Tuesday morning. It's unknown whether the victims are related or from the same household.

The fire has been moving in an "atypical wind direction," Janssen said.

"This fire burned differently than it normally would on a given day," he said. "It burned the complete opposite direction of what it should do."