Southern California wildfire prompts evacuations, school closings

CORONA, Calif. — Firefighters hosed down blazing trees within a few feet of homes threatened by a wildfire that surged through suburban canyons in Southern California and sent hundreds of people scrambling for safety.
One residence was damaged Monday before shifting winds sent flames away from neighborhoods in and around Corona, about 50 miles southeast of Los Angeles.
“It came up over the ridge there, probably 50-foot flames, sounded like a turbine engine when it came over, at