The wildfire, in Riverside County, east of Los Angeles, burned almost 700 acres in just a few hours on Monday. About 5,000 people were ordered to leave their homes.

Gov. Gavin Newsom had demanded changes to address the state’s housing crisis, a philosophical shift for Democratic leaders.

The authorities say that a man who fatally shot two firefighters in Idaho set a brush fire and shot at those who responded, killing two and injuring a third.