The Line Fire once again released a massive plume of smoke into the air Sunday in what fire officials described as an expected flareup.

Flare-ups in the San Bernardino National Forest have prompted officials to issue new evacuation orders as firefighters continue battling against the Line Fire. Containment of the wildfire in the San Bernardino County mountains dropped to 76 percent early this week.

The Line Fire was spread over 62.6 square miles, with 83% of the fire contained and 1,176 personnel assigned to fight the fire as of Sunday.

An evacuation order was issued for the Seven Oaks community, while evacuation warnings were issued for Angelus Oaks and the Boulder Bay area of Big Bear. "The rapid spread of the fire was not expected

Nearly a month after the Line Fire began, a new evacuation order and warnings have been issued for areas burning in the San Bernardino Mountains. That came after a significant flare up in the fire Sunday.

New evacuation orders have been issued for the community of Seven Oaks in the San Bernardino Mountains, which is under threat from the more than 40,000-acre Line Fire burning since the beginning of this month.

Residents were ordered to evacuate from Seven Oaks, a mountain community south of Big Bear Lake and north of Highway 38, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said Sunday afternoon. Emergency personnel were actively working in the area and firefighting aircraft were on order.

California residents near a wildfire that is largely contained have been ordered to evacuate after the blaze in San Bernardino County flared up

A flare-up in the Line Fire, which has torched tens of thousands of acres of vegetation in the Angeles National Forest, has forced new evacuation orders weeks after the blaze was first ignited. Monday morning,

New evacuation orders were issued for a community in San Bernardino County due to a flare-up Sunday from the Line Fire. As of 4:23 p.m. the San Bernardino County sheriff issued an evacuation order for the Seven Oaks community,

The Line Fire, which has already torched more than 40,000 acres since its ignition in early-September, kicked back up on Sunday, forcing a new round of evacuation orders and warnings for people living in the San Bernardino Mountains.