2,000 evacuated as Calif. forest burns
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Firefighters Sunday were battling two raging wildfires in Southern California that forced nearly 2,000 people to evacuate.
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Firefighters hoped for high winds to abate on Tuesday, enabling them to start containing the fast-moving fires that have engulfed a massive swath of Southern California, claimed some 700 homes and sent thousands fleeing.
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By CHRISTINA ALMEIDA OJAI, Calif. - Firefighters lost ground Sunday against a large blaze in a national forest as gusty winds fanned the flames, shutting down highways and prompting officials to urge evacuations.
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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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OJAI, Calif. -- Firefighters lost ground Sunday against a large blaze in a national forest as gusty winds fanned the flames, shutting down highways and prompting officials to urge evacuations.
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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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More than 500,000 people  are ordered to evacuate areas being engulfed by wildfires in California.
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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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A forest fire burned a large swath of a nature reserve in eastern Spain Friday, forcing the evacuation of 6,000 people in nearby villages.
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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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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, California  - More than 50 homes in Lake Tahoe went up in flames on Sunday as a fast-moving forest fire hit this resort community, prompting U.S. Forest Service officials to order residents out.
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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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Firefighters battle at least 16 wildfires as half a million mainly rural Californians are ordered to leave their homes.
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About 2,500 people were ordered to  evacuate their homes in Southern California on Friday when a  106-foot high dam began leaking after two weeks of rain.
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Wildfires driven by high winds and dry conditions raged across Southern California today, scorching thousands of acres and forcing 250,000 people in San Diego County to flee their homes.
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An epic wave of fast-moving wildfires engulfed a massive swath of southern California on Monday, destroying hundreds of homes as more than 250,000 people were told to evacuate from neighborhoods, schools and hospitals.
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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.