More residents in the Santa Cruz Mountains were ordered from their homes Tuesday as a growing wildfire threatened remote communities. The blaze, dubbed the Loma Fire, is burning in a rugged area about 30 miles south of San Jose and destroyed one home and charred about 2,000 acres of dry brush and timber, according to the Cal Fire.
Hundreds of homes were evacuated after the fire broke out Monday amid a heat wave, and more residents were ordered to leave as the flames spread overnight. Officials didn't say how many homes are affected.
The fire was just 5 percent contained.
Crews braced for another day of witheringly low humidity and temperatures in the upper 90s. The blaze sparked on the southern edge of Santa Clara County also threatened television and radio towers.