Fire at California's Lake Tahoe destroys homes
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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, California  - A fast-moving forest fire burned out of control in the popular Lake Tahoe resort area on the eastern border of California, destroying more than 165 homes and structures, officials said on Sunday.
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A state of emergency is declared in parts of California, as wildfires prompt the state's largest-ever evacuation.
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A wildfire in the Sierra Nevada foothills burned 13 homes and 45 other buildings in rural subdivisions before firefighters obtained 85 percent containment over it on Sunday afternoon.
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A wildfire in central Washington threatened several homes Sunday after destroying two outbuildings, fire officials said.
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Nearly a dozen wildfires driven by powerful Santa Ana winds spread across Southern California on Sunday, killing one person near San Diego and destroying several homes and a church in celebrity-laden Malibu.
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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, California  - A forest fire raged out of control for a second day on Monday in the popular California resort of Lake Tahoe, destroying at least 220 homes and forcing up to 1,000 people to evacuate, officials said.
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Wildfires fed by gale-force winds ravaged Southern California, destroying hundreds of buildings and charring 267,000 acres.
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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, California  - A fierce storm swept through central and northern California on Friday, cutting power to more than 1 million homes and businesses, closing major roads and canceling flights at several airports.
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Mother Nature helped firefighters tackling a raging forest blaze near California&#39;s Lake Tahoe early Tuesday, with weather conditions helping to halt the advance of the flames, officials said.
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Firefighters in California battle to stem fires that have scorched hundreds of homes as rain eases Alaskan fires.
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The fire that destroyed or damaged much of a new housing subdivision last month in the worst case of residential arson in the state's history.
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The blaze has seemingly laid to waste that notion that all those who live on Lake Tahoe are rich and invulnerable.
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Authorities delayed responding to a wildfire that destroyed 254 homes last month because two emergency dispatchers initially dismissed 911 calls reporting the Lake Tahoe blaze, transcripts released Friday show.
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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, California  - High winds expected at California's Lake Tahoe threaten to fan a raging wildfire that jumped a containment line after destroying hundreds of buildings and forcing thousands of people to evacuate the resort area, firefighters said on Wednesday.
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The fires raging in Southern California have likely caused hundreds of millions of dollars worth of damage to homes and businesses, the state's insurance commissioner said on Tuesday.
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Weeks into a wildfire season that has already burned parts of Catalina Island, Los Angeles and Lake Tahoe, swaths of California's flammable national forests are some days protected by nothing more than luck.
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Wildfires burned unchecked on Tuesday in Southern California from Santa Barbara to the Mexican border, with hundreds of thousands of people forced to evacuate, at least 700 homes destroyed, and little hope for relief from the hot desert winds fanning the flames.