At Least 2,000 Flee as California Fires Spread
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MALIBU, Calif., Oct. 21 -- Nearly a dozen wildfires driven by powerful Santa Ana winds spread across Southern California on Sunday, killing one person near the Mexican border and destroyingseveral homes and a church in celebrity-laden Malibu.
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Wildfires fed by gale-force winds ravaged Southern California, destroying hundreds of buildings and charring 267,000 acres.
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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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Faced with unrelenting winds whipping wildfires into a frenzy across Southern California, firefighters conceded defeat on many fronts Tuesday to an unstoppable force that has chased an estimated 1 million people away.
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By ANA BEATRIZ CHOLO ANAHEIM, Calif. - A fast-moving brush fire scorched 500 acres of parched hillside and crept into backyards Sunday, forcing authorities to evacuate more than 200 homes, Orange County fire officials said.
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A dozen wildfires stoked by gusting winds burned out of control in southern California on Sunday, killing one person in San Diego and forcing thousands to evacuate homes from the celebrity enclave of Malibu down to the Mexican border.
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A California wildfire fanned by powerful winds burned out of control on Sunday in the celebrity seaside enclave of Malibu, forcing hundreds of people to flee and destroying a handful of multimillion-dollar homes.
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Huge blazes in California force thousands to seek temporary shelter in San Diego's NFL stadium.
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Firefighters in California suffer a setback as a wildfire jumps a village defence line, forcing hundreds to flee.
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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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Wildfires fed by gale-force winds ravaged Southern California for a second day, destroying hundreds of homes and businesses and charring 267,000 acres.
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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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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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The wildfires in California have forced an exodus of estimated 950,000 people from their homes. But where have they all gone?
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A wildfire in an area peppered with property owned by celebrities nearly doubled in size Wednesday, prompting evacuation orders for about 325 homes.
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Residents of two canyons were evacuated because of the threat from a wind-blown wildfire in central Washington that already had forced hundreds to flee their homes.
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Brush fires fuelled by fierce desert winds continued to sweep through southern California yesterday destroying homes and forcing evacuations.