Evacuation warnings are in place for some Highland neighborhoods due to a 172-acre wildfire burning in San Bernardino County Friday morning.
The “Line Fire” broke out around 6:30 p.m. Thursday near Baseline Street and Alpine Street.
The flames were initially burning toward the San Bernardino National Forest but shifted overnight toward Highland prompting Cal Fire to post an evacuation warning on X, formerly Twitter, at 12:41 a.m. Friday.
The warnings include neighborhoods east of Church Street and north of Highland Avenue. Also, the neighborhood east of Weaver, north of Greenspot to the Iron Bridge was told to prepare to evacuate if the situation worsened.
Cal Fire said no mandatory evacuations were in place.
The wildfire remains zero percent contained, the agency stated in an update at 5 a.m. Friday.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.