Hot, Dry Winds Hamper Calif. Firefighters
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SAN FRANCISCO Sept. 5, 2004 - Hot dry winds hampered the efforts of firefighters battling a 9,200-acre wildfire in California wine country on Sunday, and promised no respite for the next two days.
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GEYSERVILLE, Calif., Sept. 6 -- Firefighters were hampered by erratic wind and low humidity Monday as they made slow progress against a fire that had burned nearly 12,000 acres and four houses in the Northern California wine country.
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Wildfires burned unchecked on Tuesday in Southern California, 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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Scorching temperatures in the western US cause a string of fires, threatening homes and highways.
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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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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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LAKE ARROWHEAD, Calif. - Firefighters, worried about the possible return of hot, dry Santa Ana winds, fought three separate wildfires Wednesday that crept through national forests and toward towns.  No houses were immediately threatened, however.
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Gusty winds forecast for this afternoon are adding to the worries for firefighters battling a wildfire that already has burned at least 276 homes and buildings near Lake Tahoe in California. On Tuesday, winds breathed new life into the fire, causing it to jump across a fire line and threaten additional buildings, a fire official said.
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Firefighters tackling a massive blaze in northern California were nervously bracing for a backlash from the weather on Wednesday, with forecasted gusty winds threatening to spread the inferno.
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Wildfire-hit California prepares for at least another 24 hours of high winds and scorching temperatures.
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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 swath of Southern California, claimed some 700 homes and sent thousands fleeing.
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Thousands of firefighters aided by aircraft worked Friday in fierce heat to keep two big wildfires from gaining a foothold in the heavily populated San Bernardino Mountains, where millions of trees killed by drought and bark beetles could provide explosive fuel.
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By Christina Almeida THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  OJAI -- Gusty winds stoked three wildfires scorching Southern California on Sunday, forcing authorities to shut down highways and evacuate thousands from canyon and desert communities.
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Dying winds gave California firefighters their first big break on Wednesday after four days battling wildfires, but San Diego faced more calamity as blazes there burned out of control and kept more than half a million evacuees from returning home.
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By GILLIAN FLACCUS  OJAI, Calif. - Helicopters lifted off as winds calmed Sunday, ferrying water and transporting firefighters to battle a three-week-old wildfire that has scorched more than 200 square miles of the Los Padres National Forest.
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Cooler weather helped firefighters make progress on three wildfires that have burned more than 95,000 acres of Southern California forests, including two new blazes and one that has lingered for more than two weeks.
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CASTAIC, Calif. - Firefighters battled high winds and low humidity Saturday as they tried to keep a fire that has already scorched nearly 48 square miles of dry brush and timber from jumping a major highway and threatening homes.