GORMAN, Calif. (NEWSnet/AP) — At least 1,200 people were involved in evacuation Saturday as a wildfire in Los Angeles County spread over thousands of acres.

The blaze, named Post Fire, burned more than 3,600 acres near Interstate 5 in Gorman, about 60 miles northwest of Los Angeles, according to California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

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California State Park Services ordered evacuation from the Hungry Valley recreation area in Gorman and both Hungry Valley and the Pyramid Lake reservoir were closed as a result of the fire threat, Los Angeles County Fire Department said.

The fire was moving southeast toward Pyramid Lake and crews were constructing perimeter fire lines while aircraft worked against limited visibility to stop the blaze's progress, the fire department said.

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