Firefighters battling a blaze in a Southern California canyon made some progress toward containment but were up against more high winds and low humidity on Friday, which threatened to stoke the flames as they tore through wooded hillsides.

The fire forced the evacuation of some 25,000 people and is still burning, as two firefighters were hospitalised.

Firefighters battling a blaze in a Southern California canyon made some progress toward containment but were up against more high winds and low humidity on Friday, which threatened to stoke the flames as they tore through wooded hillsides.

Firefighters battling a blaze in a Southern California canyon made some progress toward containment but were up against more high winds and low humidity on Friday, which threatened to stoke the flames as they tore through wooded hillsides.

The so-called Bond Fire in California's Orange County quickly grew to thousands of acres Thursday, fueled by dry brush and high winds. It's a troubling confirmation that the state's wildfire season is now year-round. Jonathan Vigliotti reports.

Smoke rises from the Bond Fire as evacuation orders are issued for nearby residents in Orange County, south of Los Angeles, California. REUTERS/Mike Blake

The flames have scorched an area larger than 3,000 football fields overnight.

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A Major Santa Ana wind event unfolded Thursday morning and early afternoon with wind gusts as high as 95 mph in Southern California.

Firefighters battled to tame a wildfire on hillsides southeast of Los Angeles late on Thursday, some 24 hours after it broke out in a wooded canyon, apparently triggered by a faulty domestic generator.

Two firefighters were injured and residents of a rustic Southern California canyon were driven from their homes after a blaze broke out overnight at a house and tore across more than 7,000 acres of dry brush and wooded hillsides.

Two firefighters were injured and residents of a rustic Southern California canyon were driven from their homes after a blaze broke out overnight at a single-family home and tore across some 4,000 acres of dry brush and wooded hillsides.

The flames have scorched an area larger than 3,000 football fields overnight.

The flames have scorched an area larger than 3,000 football fields overnight.

The Bond Fire in eastern Orange County started with a single house blaze and has charred more than 7,000 acres.

The Bond Fire in eastern Orange County started with a single house blaze and has charred more than 7,000 acres.

The Bond Fire in eastern Orange County started with a single house blaze and has charred more than 7,000 acres.

Residents were ordered to evacuate parts of Orange County in Southern California early on Thursday morning as a wildfire that ignited overnight grew to nearly 4,000 acres.

Mandatory evacuation orders and evacuation warnings are in place across several parts of Orange County.

Evacuation zones for the rapidly-growing Bond Fire are being expanded to thousands more residents in communities near Orange County’s inland canyons, as Orange County’s third major wildfire of the season

In a matter of hours, the Bond Fire grew to more than 2,000 acres, forcing people from their homes and leaving thousands of others without power.

The so-called "Bond Fire" erupted in Silverado Canyon overnight, forcing thousands of residents in the area to flee. Jonathan Vigliotti reports from the devastating scene.

Powerful winds have pushed flames through Southern California canyons as an out-of-control wildfire burned near homes and forced residents to flee

Almost 60,000 people in southern California are without electricity and hundreds are fleeing their homes as Santa Anna winds fuel new wildfires.

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