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.

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.

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.

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

New evacuation orders were issued for a community in San Bernardino County due to a flare-up from the Line Fire Sunday afternoon.

The new evacuation orders are for the Seven Oaks community. Warnings were also issued for the Angelus Oaks community and Boulder Bay. Michele Gile reports.

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

The flare-up began late last week and fire officials said the fire was burning in the Bear Creek area south of the Snow Valley Resort and that smoke can be seen throughout the Inland Empire and High Desert.

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.