A brush fire was burning near Rancho Cucamonga on Wednesday April 30, 2014. (Credit: KTLA). The wildfire, dubbed the Etiwanda Fire, was called in by residents at about 8 a.m. and soon spread south toward homes, prompted by wild Santa Ana winds.
Erratic Santa Ana winds whipped through an already hot, dry Southern California on Wednesday, spreading flame with the gusts. More than 1,600 homes were evacuated and several schools closed shortly after the Etiwanda fire broke out about 8 a.m. above
Students from Los Osos High School are evacuated from the school as a brush fire burning in Day Creek near the Etiwanda Preserve in Rancho Cucamonga on Wednesday, April 30, 2014. STAN LIM/STAFF
By evening, the Etiwanda Fire was zero-percent contained, and investigators still had not determined the cause of the blaze, though they believed it was sparked in a rural part of Day Canyon, about two miles north of the 210 Freeway. Mandatory
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