Residents Flee Wildfires in S. California
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Tens of thousands of people were ordered to evacuate as wildfires continued to ravage the region, destroying homes and businesses.
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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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Fierce desert winds continued to propel a series of wildfires in southern California yesterday, causing 300,000 people to flee their homes and destroying more than 1,000 homes in the San Diego area alone.
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Hundreds of thousands of people fled as out-of-control wildfires raged across California on Monday, threatening homes and stretching emergency services to breaking point.
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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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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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LOCKWOOD VALLEY, Calif. -- Fire crews guarded homes and ranches Wednesday as a stubborn wildfire that has jumped containment lines crept within a half-mile of hundreds of dwellings.
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Fast-moving wildfires roared across California on Monday and engulfed large swaths of San Diego County, where 250,000 people were told to evacuate as state officials called in National Guard troops.
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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 22 -- Massive brush fires spread across Southern California on Monday, destroying homes from north of Los Angeles to south of San Diego, leaping freeways and sending hundreds of thousands of residents scrambling to flee their homes sometimes seconds ahead of advancing flames.
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A fast-growing wildfire turned away from homes in San Diego County early Monday after prompting calls for evacuations, as hot, windy weather sapped the endurance of firefighters.
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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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A wind-whipped forest fire forced the evacuation of 60 homes and threatened to burn several houses as smoke billowed above this small city near the South Carolina coast Sunday, officials said.
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Fire officials have evacuated hundreds of people from their homes as wildfires raged through Northern California and Montana.
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Firefighters were on Monday battling to contain a raging forest fire near California&#39;s Lake Tahoe that destroyed as many as 220 homes and forced the evacuation of 1,000 people, 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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At least nine wildfires stoked by gusting winds burned out of control in southern California on Sunday, killing one person in San Diego and forcing hundreds to evacuate the wealthy enclave of Malibu where five homes went up in flames.
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Fire trucks, bulldozers and water tankers guarded homes within sight of a massive wildfire Tuesday as officials urged rural residents of Southern California mountain communities to evacuate.