Wildfires are sweeping through several dry Western states, including a blaze that forced hundreds to evacuate in California and another that showed new life after burning for a week.

According to FoxNews, a wildfire north of Los Angeles that drove about 1,000 people from their homes and briefly shut down lanes of a major freeway was reduced to mostly embers.

Evacuations were called off late Thursday about nine hours after the blaze broke out in the Newhall area of Santa Clarita.

By nighttime, the damage had been limited to a single garage and 350-acre fire was 45 percent contained. At its height, some 500 homes had to be evacuated as flames came very close to some of them, and the lanes of the Interstate freeway were shut down.

Meanwhile, a massive wildfire burning for a week in rugged terrain about 90 miles east of Los Angeles in the San Bernadino Mountains was showing new signs of life.

A change of the wind direction forced the evacuation of several hundred campers on Wednesday, after several hundred more had done the same over the weekend.

Crews relied on the retardant dropping aircraft to battle the had-to-reach fire. The fire grew to 30 square miles about 33 square miles on Wednesday and was partially contained.

In North Carolina, however, the wildfire has grown to 26 square miles in hazardous and inaccessible terrain south of Lake Tahoe and is moving closer to structures, officials said.

No buildings have been damaged, but the mountain town of Markleeville remained on standby Wednesday for possible evacuations, this is according to the Bureau of Land Management. Several compounds have been evacuated, and two highways have been officially closed.

The fire that was ignited by lightening on Friday was 10 percent contained by Wednesday evening.

Air tankers and helicopters helped 900 firefighters battle the blaze about 20 miles west of the Nevada border. One firefighter received a heat-related injury on Tuesday.