Wildfires plague the West amid a scorching heat wave. Homes burn in Southern California

Three homes are in ruins after one of many dangerous wildfires in the West suddenly swept into a Southern California neighborhood during a blistering heat wave. The homes were ravaged when the fire erupted Sunday in Riverside, east of Los Angeles. Four other structures were damaged. More than two dozen fires are burning in the Pacific Northwest and Idaho. Authorities evacuated the town of Huntington, Oregon, and closed a stretch of Interstate 84 late Sunday after thunderstorms caused a massive smoke column to collapse. The highway has reopened, but evacuation orders remain in place.