California wildfire forces evacuations
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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 scorched 500 acres
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Huge blazes in California force thousands to seek temporary shelter in San Diego's NFL stadium.
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A wind-driven wildfire on Saturday   threatened some of California's premier vineyards and the   winemaking city of Napa, one of several blazes kindled across   the state by dry conditions and seasonal Santa Ana winds.
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California wildfires that have destroyed 1,300 homes and forced the evacuation of 500,000 people raged into a fifth day on Thursday, but firefighters seized on a break in the weather to largely halt the march of destruction.
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Authorities evacuated at least 200 homes as a fast-moving brush fire scorched 300 acres of parched hillside Sunday and crept into backyards, Orange County fire officials said.
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Towering wildfires burned out of control across Southern California for a third day on Tuesday as 500,000 people fled the San Diego area and firefighters made a desperate stand to save a mountain town ringed by flames.
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About 300,000 people flee California wildfires Thousands of firefighters now battling flamesPresident Bush declares emergency Firefighter: "It looked like the end of the world"
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Firefighters battle at least 16 wildfires as half a million mainly rural Californians are ordered to leave their homes.
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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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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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Firefighters trying to tame a raging wildfire that has destroyed some 200 homes near Lake Tahoe Tuesday suffered a setback when the blaze jumped a fireline near a densely populated area, forcing a new round of evacuations, authorities said.
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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, California  - Fire crews evacuated a neighborhood near California's Lake Tahoe on Tuesday afternoon as the wildfire that has consumed more than 2,700 acres of forest around the resort area jumped a defensive line.
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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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Hundreds of thousands of people fled as out-of-control wind-whipped wildfires raged across California on Monday, threatening homes and stretching emergency services to breaking point.
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Dry conditions combined with fierce winds fueled wildfires in at least a dozen areas around Los Angeles and San Diego, threatening homes, forcing evacuations and causing at least one death on Sunday.
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A mandatory evacuation was ordered Saturday for residents of more than 1,000 homes south of Ketchum, where a massive wildfire raged and high winds grounded firefighting air tankers.
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An out-of-control wildfire in the San Bernardino National Forest shifted toward a scattered cluster of homes Saturday, prompting evacuations and forcing road closures.