Hot, dry winds blow into Calif. wildfire
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Hot, dry Santa Ana winds gusting to more than 50 mph on Saturday grounded water-dropping helicopters and stoked the flames of a three-week-old wildfire in Los Padres National Forest.
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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.
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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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Fire crews were hoping for a Monday morning lull in the winds that have been fanning a 2,000-acre wildfire across northeastern California, where it has scorched more than 220 homes and other buildings, authorities said.
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CASTAIC, Calif. - Firefighters face more hot, dry weather Sunday as they struggle to contain a wildfire burning across nearly 20-square miles of dry brush and timber in the Los Padres National Forest.  The blaze broke out Monday about 40 miles north of Los Angeles.
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Firefighters battled stubborn wildfires across Southern California on Saturday, but scattered showers brought a welcome improvement in conditions.
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OJAI, Calif. - Ferocious Santa Ana winds of up to 70 mph were expected to arrive by Saturday morning as crews struggled to surround a large forest fire. "They haven't materialized yet, but we anticipate extremely strong winds by morning," said Dan Bastion of the U.S. Forest Service.
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OJAI, Calif. - Fire crews made an all-out effort Thursday to surround a two-week-old wildfire before hot, dry Santa Ana winds arrived to renew its ferocity.  At the same time, they made progress against two smaller blazes also burning in national forests.
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Strong winds and high temperatures fuel California brush fires, forcing hundreds to evacuate their homes.
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DRYDEN, Wash. -- A wind-blown wildfire grew to more than 11,000 acres early Wednesday as it moved into dry brush and grass in central Washington.
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COLEVILLE, Calif. - A wildfire fanned by high wind on the eastern front of the Sierra Nevada led to the evacuation of homes and two schools Tuesday and closed a 40-mile section of highway spanning the California state line.
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Wildfires stoked by fierce winds burned unchecked across Southern California for a third day on Tuesday with 300,000 people in San Diego alone evacuated as flames destroyed or threatened homes from humble forest cabins to luxury villas.
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A fast-moving brush fire scorched 1,000 acres of parched hillside and charred at least two homes Sunday, forcing authorities to evacuate more than 200 homes, Orange County fire officials said.
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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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Hundreds of thousands of people in California have been forced to flee their homes as fierce brush fires fuelled by gusting winds continue to burn out of control.
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By Christina Almeida THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  OJAI -- Teams of firefighters hiked into the wilderness Monday to fight a stubborn, two-week-old wildfire by hand that scorched more than 125 square miles of chaparral and timber along the Los Angeles- Ventura County line.
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A wildfire fueled by dry brush grew to nearly 30,000 acres Tuesday and prompted the voluntary evacuation of a remote community near Lake Berryessa in northern California.