Wildfires rage in southern California
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A dozen wildfires stoked by gusting winds burned out of control in southern California on Sunday, killing one person in San Diego and forcing thousands to evacuate homes from the celebrity enclave of Malibu down to the Mexican border.
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Filming of TV shows including 24 are reportedly hit by the fires which have swept across southern California.
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A large wildfire raging near Malibu in California causes devastation and threatens the homes of several celebrities.
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An out-of-control wildfire in the San Bernardino National Forest tore through 18,000 acres of brush and timber Saturday, forcing the evacuation of about 5,000 people from a pair of mountain communities.
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More than a dozen uncontained wildfires raged Monday across Southern California, threatening thousands of structures and forcing 265,000 people to flee homes. In San Diego, the chairman of the County Board of Supervisors said weather conditions had "all the ingredients for a perfect firestorm."
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Residents of about 200 southern California homes were ordered to evacuate on Sunday as a brush fire whipped by hot gusting winds burned 500 acres near a hillside community, firefighters said.
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Brush fires fuelled by fierce desert winds continued to sweep through southern California yesterday destroying homes and forcing evacuations.
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MALIBU, Calif., Oct. 21 -- Nearly a dozen wildfires driven by powerful Santa Ana winds spread across Southern California on Sunday, killing one person near the Mexican border and destroyingseveral homes and a church in celebrity-laden Malibu.
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By The Associated Press  LAKE ARROWHEAD -- Two wind-fanned fires erupted Tuesday in the forests of Southern California, as a moist ocean breeze helped slow a massive blaze burning for more than two weeks near the coast.
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Fires in southern Greece blamed on high temperatures, drought and arsonists.
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Firefighters made headway against 18 wildfires blazing across Southern California on Wednesday as hot winds abated for the first time in four days, but they were still battling to save entire neighborhoods from hopscotching flames.
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By ANA BEATRIZ CHOLO ANAHEIM, Calif. - A fast-moving brush fire scorched 500 acres of parched hillside and crept into backyards Sunday, forcing authorities to evacuate more than 200 homes, Orange County fire officials said.
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Firefighters were battling several brush fires that flared up across Southern California on Thursday, forcing authorities to evacuate hundreds of homes and temporarily shut down a stretch of a major interstate freeway.
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Firefighters battled out-of-control wildfires in southern California on Tuesday that forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes and prompted the deployment of National Guard soldiers.
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Fires raged across Southern California, burning some houses to the ground and sparing others in their path.
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Relentless wildfires forcing the largest evacuations in California's modern history raged into a fourth day on Wednesday as 10,000 exhausted firefighters hoped for a break in the hot winds whipping the flames.
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Wildfires Sunday charred parts of the exclusive seaside town of Malibu and forced evacuations of million-dollar homes of many top Hollywood stars, while a man was killed fighting another southern California blaze, authorities said.