Calif. Wldfire Burns 80,000 Acres
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About 300 homes were evacuated Sunday as Southern California firefighters worked on a wildfire that has burned more than 80,000 acres near Los Angeles.  The evacuations were precautionary, the Los Angeles Times reported.
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By ALEX DOBUZINSKIS and PATRICIA FARRELL AIDEM\\ Staff Writers  LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST -- A small campfire apparently ignited the enormous Day Fire that has burned some 21 square miles of forest since Labor Day and on Monday moved toward Interstate 5, U.S.
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A rainstorm helped firefighters gain control of wildfires burning across the Sierra Nevada, including a nearly 17,000-acre blaze and a smaller fire ignited by a suspected arsonist in Yosemite National Park.
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A man was charged with felony arson for allegedly disregarding the risk of wildfire while using a riding lawn mower to cut dry grass on a hot day. Sparks from the mower burned 11,000 acres and destroyed 86 homes.
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LIVINGSTON, Mont. - A wildfire in an area peppered with property owned by celebrities nearly doubled in size Wednesday, prompting evacuation orders for about 325 homes.  The fire was estimated at 18,845 acres, or about 29 square miles, information officer Al Nash said.
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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, California  - Fire crews expect to have a wildfire that consumed more than 2,700 acres
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COLEVILLE, Calif. - Firefighters on Thursday reported big gains in controlling a wildfire that had forced residents to flee this scenic eastern Sierra Nevada community.
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While life began returning to normal in parts of Southern California today, more than 20,000 homes are still at risk from several large blazes.
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A fast-spreading wildfire has burned 500 acres of woodland in the northern section of Los Angeles County, according to U.S. Forest Service spokesman Stanton Florea.
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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.
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By Mike Zapler, Rod Foo and Leslie Griffy, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Jun. 25--A massive wildfire is burning toward South Lake Tahoe today. The fire has scorched more than 2,500 acres, destroying more than 225 buildings and forcing hundreds of residents to flee from their homes.
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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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By BROUN, Britton  FIREFIGHTERS and helicopters spent a day battling a fire that blazed over 150 hectares of farmland near Bulls, causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage.
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Residents of about 200 southern California homes were ordered to evacuate on Sunday as a brush fire whipped by hot gusting winds burned 500 acres near a hillside community, firefighters said.
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Firefighters in Northern California got a break Saturday when winds that had whipped 45 wildfires died down.  One of the largest fires, which charred 400 acres west of Yountville Friday, was 60 percent contained Saturday morning, the Napa Valley Register reported.
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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, California  - Firefighters had a wildfire near California's popular Lake Tahoe resort 40 percent contained on Monday after it engulfed 2,500 acres
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SAN DIEGO Oct. 7, 2004 - A federal grand jury indicted a hunter on charges he started the largest wildfire in California history last year&#39;s Cedar Fire, which charred 273,000 acres and killed 15 people.