A wildfire in the mountains north of Los Angeles is tearing through thousands of acres and forcing evacuations after igniting Thursday afternoon. It’s one of several notable fires in the West that have undergone explosive growth in recent weeks,

A rapidly growing wildfire in Southern California has prompted thousands of residents to be evacuated and it continues to grow as heat and dry conditions fuel the rapid spread. The Canyon Fire ignited early Thursday afternoon and by Friday it had expanded to about 4,850 acres, according to The New York Times.

The Canyon Fire was first reported on Thursday afternoon in a rural area around Lake Piru, north of Los Angeles, and has burned nearly 5,000 acres as of Friday morning. About 2,700 people are under evacuation orders and another 14,000 people are in an area with an evacuation warning, according to the Ventura County Fire Department.