Blazing Firenado Hit Southern California on August 17, 2016 - Full Video Goes Viral

Huge fire causing firenado hit Southern California on August 17, 2016 which video became viral and trending online.

A wildfire continued raging through rural communities Wednesday in Southern California, triggering a state of emergency and evacuation orders for more than 82,000 residents in the San Bernardino area.

More than 1,300 firefighters and other emergency workers were battling the Blue Cut fire, which flared early Tuesday about 60 miles east of Los Angeles and spread rapidly along the Cajon Pass. By Wednesday evening, it had burned 30,000 acres, with firefighters unable to contain any of it, officials said.

"It hit hard. It hit fast, with an intensity that we've never seen before," San Bernardino County Fire Chief Mart Hartwig told reporters.

He warned that many families will return home "to nothing."

San Bernardino National Forest spokesman John Miller described the conditions as "explosive."

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