NEW YORK, August 17. /TASS/. A wildfire broke out on Sunday north of the US city of San Diego in the state of California, forcing residents in several affected areas to evacuate, the authorities reported.

"The Sorrento fire is currently 131 acres (53 hectares - TASS) and [is] 15% contained," the local fire department said in a statement on its X page. Emergency services published a map instructing residents of one neighborhood to evacuate immediately and telling those in several neighboring areas to prepare to evacuate.

According to the authorities, 160 firefighters and 54 pieces of equipment have been deployed to fight the fire.

Russian air defenses down 822 Ukrainian drones overnight

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Ukrainian drones were intercepted over the Belgorod, Bryansk, Vladimir, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Lipetsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Oryol, Rostov, Ryazan, Tambov and Tula regions, the Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai and the Republic of Crimea, as well as over the Azov and Black Seas

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