Residents in San Bernardino County in California were forced to flee their homes after a planned control burn in an area of brush land went out of control due to high winds. The county parks department set the fire on Tuesday to clear the area of highly flammable cattails, although a shift in the wind in the Mojave Narrows Park, between Apple Valley and Victorville caused the fire to spread. At its height, 70 acres of land was ablaze and firefighters were forced to evacuate several rural houses while they tried to contain the blaze. Scroll down for video . An estimated 200 firefighters battled the blaze in California which threatened several outlying ranches . Residents were forced to flee their homes as the fire approached their properties near Victorville . One shed and one vehicle were engulfed in flames but fortunately no homes were damaged by the blaze . By late Tuesday evening, the residents were permitted to return home after fire fighters contained the blaze, which continued to burn overnight. San Bernardino County Fire Chief Mark Hartwig told the Los Angeles Times that he anticipated the fire should be fully doused later today. Park officials had been granted the appropriate permits to attempt their controlled burn, even though it soon spiraled out of control. Mr Hartwig said: 'No homes were lost due to great brush clearance around homes.' One shed and one car was destroyed in the blaze which needed 200 firefighters, four aircraft and a and a pair of bulldozers to counter the flames. The fire was started in the Mojave Narrows Park between Apple Valley and Victorville in California . Firefighters battled to save this home as flames lapped the outskirts of the property in Apple Valley . The fire started as a controlled burn but soon went out of control engulfing an estimated 70 acres . The fire spread through the area due to the tinder-dry conditions and threatened several nearby homes . Park officials in San Bernardino County started the controlled blaze on Tuesday but it soon spread . More than 200 members of San Bernardino Fire Department were engaged in battling the flames . Four aircraft and a pair of bulldozers were deployed in an effort to stop the fire from spreading further . Firefighters managed to get the blaze under control by 7pm Tuesday allowing residents to return home . At the height of the blaze more than 70 acres of land were on fire threatening several homes . Fire officers said they hoped they would be able to extinguish the blaze later today depending on the weather . Nobody was injured by the blaze which was started to protect from an uncontrolled fire later in the year .
Parks department officials had a permit to attempt a controlled burn .
Fire officers had to deploy four aircraft and two bulldozers to fight the fire .
More than 70 acres of the Mojave Narrows Park were affected by the blaze .
Residents were able to return home once firemen controlled the inferno .