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HESPERIA, Calif. — A fast- moving wildfire erupted Friday on the main interstate between Southern California and Las Vegas, forcing evacuations of 1,500 homes, temporarily closing the freeway to holiday weekend traffic and surging through hundreds of acres of desert brush.
The fire began about 1 p.m. on the center divider of Interstate 15 in the Cajon Pass. It grew to more than 500 acres in two hours, jumping the freeway and burning chaparral in rolling hills that form the nearby San Bernardino National Forest, said U.S. Forest Service spokesman John Miller.
