California wildfires burn through the night
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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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A handful of the more than 20 blazes that have burned across Southern California for six days remained serious threats on Friday.
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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 continued making progress today in taming the wildfires that devastated Southern California this week, but thousands of homes remained imperiled and officials said they had found two burned bodies in a home outside San Diego.
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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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As fires burned for a third day across Southern California, officials worried they could spread toward more populated areas.
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Dry conditions combined with fierce winds fueled wildfires in at least a dozen areas around Los Angeles and San Diego, threatening homes, forcing evacuations and causing at least one death on Sunday.
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Firefighters struggled to maintain their containment lines around several California wildfires as storms rolled into the state Tuesday, bringing lightning and high winds.
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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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A forest fire in a remote area of the northeast Sierra Nevada spread during the night but light wind moved the flames away from homes Saturday, officials said.
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Firefighters gained the upper hand on nearly all of the California wildfires on Thursday as winds died down after five days battling 20 fires from the mountains north of Los Angeles down to the Mexican border.
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A weekend of good weather means the fires are finally on the wane -- and the time to ask how California coped is here
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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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About 300,000 people flee California wildfires Thousands of firefighters now battling flamesPresident Bush declares emergency Firefighter: "It looked like the end of the world"
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Scorching temperatures in the western US cause a string of fires, threatening homes and highways.
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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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Wildfires have forced some 300,000 southern Californians to flee their homes.