A rapidly spreading blaze in California is impacting communities in the Los Angeles area as thousands have been placed under evacuation orders, officials said.

The Canyon Fire in Southern California continued to grow and burn on Friday afternoon, after forcing thousands of residents across parts of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties to evacuate.

Temperatures in the area are near 100 degrees and humidity as low as 15 percent. The southern part of California has seen very little rain, drying out vegetation and making it "ripe to burn," the National Weather Service (NWS) for Los Angeles warned.