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SANTA CLARITA (KTLA)-

Thousands of people were under mandatory evacuation orders on Monday as the massive “Powerhouse Fire” continued to burn in the Angeles National Forest.

The blaze has burned about 29,584 acres and was 40 percent contained, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

It has destroyed six homes and damaged at least nine others, officials said.

More than 1,200 structures were threatened by the fire.

Around 2,100 firefighters from throughout California were battling the flames, aided by water-dropping aircraft.

Authorities had estimated that they would completely contain the fire by Wednesday, but they pushed that date back until next Monday.

The cost of fighting the fire has already reached $2.7 million, according to officials.

Some 2,800 people from about 700 homes remained under evacuation orders in the Lake Hughes and Lake Elizabeth neighborhoods.

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