A wildfire that ignited in western Fresno County near the Monterey County line doubled in size over the past 24 hours, pumping out massive amounts of smoke and triggering a series of evacuations, officials said.

Firefighters battling a California wildfire that has burned through more than 5 square miles of the high Sierra made significant progress slowing its growth on Wednesday, but hundreds of residents whose homes are threatened remained under evacuation orders.

A blaze near the remote Northern California mountain community of Sierra Brooks was uncontained. Authorities expanded evacuation orders for a total of more than 530 residents Tuesday evening after strong winds pushed flames through dry brush and timber about 50 miles north of Lake Tahoe.

Evacuation warnings are in place for some Highland neighborhoods Friday as a wildfire burning in San Bernardino County has grown to more than 3,300 acres. The “Line Fire” broke out around 6:30 p.m. Thursday near Baseline Street and Alpin Street.

The fire grew overnight to 505 acres, and on Friday morning, SBCUSD Emergency Management said the fire behavior had slowed. Evacuation warnings were issued for neighborhoods east

There was no containment of the blaze in the Highland area, Cal Fire reported. Agencies responding included Cal Fire's San Bernardino-Inyo-Mono Unit, the city of Highland and the San Bernardino National Forest,