SALT LAKE CITY,UT : Car accident sparks major wildfire in California on June, Monday 26th 2017

The Latest on a major wildfire burning in Utah and others burning across the U.S. West. (all times local):

9 p.m.

A wildfire sparked by a traffic accident on a remote highway 80 miles east of Los Angeles has grown to nearly two square miles (over 500 hectares) in just a few hours.

Firefighters working in high temperatures are battling the wildfire in the Beaumont area of Riverside County, where residents have been warned they may need to evacuate.

Two people were hospitalized in the solo-vehicle crash and subsequent car fire that caused the wildfire on Monday afternoon.

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection says the blaze has grown to 1,200 acres and there's zero containment.

The flames are chewing across rugged terrain and State Route 79 is closed in the area.

Another out-of-control wildfire, this one on California's Central Coast, has forced more than 200 people to evacuate near San Luis Obispo.



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Car accident sparks major wildfire in California