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While a police officer was helping families evacuate, his own home burned down. His pregnant wife and his three children escaped unharmed. The community is raising money to buy new clothes and furniture for the family. Meanwhile.....
Lake County fire threatening hundreds of homes grows to 8,200 acres with no containment
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...625-story.html
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the fire has now burned 11,500 acres and is only 5% contained. Yikes!
Pawnee Fire rages in Northern California as heat wave expands
https://abcnews.go.com/US/pawnee-fir...ry?id=56162050
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the big Northern California fire is now 25% contained and winds are pushing it northeast into dry grasslands and chapparal. It is one of 12 fires burning in California today. The cause of each of those fires is still unknown.
Pawnee Fire in Lake County has burned 13,500 acres
http://abc7.com/pawnee-fire-in-lake-...acres/3663337/
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Another huge fire in northern California. This one is 50 miles northwest of Sacramento. I don't quite understand the headline, though. Did anyone really expect the fire to stop at the county line?
Yolo County fire burns 22,000 acres, crosses into Napa County
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/artic...g-13041391.php
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The Pawnee fire has burned 14,000 acres. The County Fire -- a dumb name, if you ask me -- is growing rapidly and is only 2% contained. California's "fire season" used to be September and October. Now it seems to be March through December.
Wildfire in Yolo County grows to 32,500 acres, forcing evacuations
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...701-story.html
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The name Yolo comes from the Native American word yo-loi, which means "land of rushes." Those rushes, along with grasslands and oak trees, are being destroyed by this fast-moving fire. More than 1,200 firefighters are working to contain it.
Wildfire in Yolo County spreads to 44,500 acres, is only 3% contained
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...702-story.html
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The fire is accelerating rapidly and is only 5% contained. That 5% may as well be zero.
Yolo County wildfire grows to 70,000 acres as more residents prepare to evacuate
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...703-story.html
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The Yolo County fire has now burned 73,000 acres and is 15% contained. It is one of six huge fires still raging in California -- and one of sixty fires in the eight Western states. Yikes!
Colorado wildfire destroys more than 100 homes; 'extreme caution' urged across West
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/colorad...han-100-homes/
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It is amazing that no homes have burned in this rapidly-spreading fire.
Wildfire in Yolo County grows to 82,700 acres with containment at 25%
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...704-story.html
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Gusty winds and record-breaking heat are expected Friday and Saturday and this huge fire is not slowing down. Our firefighters deserve a raise.
Wildfire in Yolo County grows to 86,000 acres with containment at 27%
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...704-story.html
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Another California fire is raging out of control. The Klamathon Fire -- who the heck comes up with these dumb names? -- started in Siskiyou County near the Oregon border. It jumped the I-5 freeway and the Klamath River and quickly burned 8,000 acres. It is only 5% contained tonight.
Deadly Klamathon fire forces Governor Brown to declare a state of emergency
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/de...G826?ocid=AMZN
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Yesterday was Southern California's hottest day of the year -- so far -- and fires broke out near Goleta, at Camp Pendleton, in the San Bernardino mountains and (several) in San Diego County. Yikes!
New fires sweep through sweltering Southern California
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/califor...ia-2018-07-07/
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At least 20 structures have been destroyed in the Goleta fire and at least 16 structures have been destroyed in the Alpine fire in San Diego county. The only gold in the so-called Golden State now is the color of the flames of all the wildfires.
'I had no idea the flames could go that fast': Goleta devastated by fire as record heat burns path of destruction
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...707-story.html
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Another new fire has quickly burned 30 acres in the Wildwood Canyon area of Burbank and is raging out of control. The Siskiyou County fire has now burned 21,000 acres and destroyed 15 structures. Anyone living outside California: Please send water!
Brush fire in Burbank hills prompts mandatory evacuations of dozens of homes
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...707-story.html
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The Alpine fire in San Diego County burned 505 acres and destroyed 34 homes, one business and 21 barns and sheds. Here is the latest news about the fire in Goleta:
Holiday fire in Goleta now 90% contained; 13 homes destroyed
https://lompocrecord.com/news/local/...5a6ac98e9.html
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Jurassic Park, La La Land, Love & Mercy, The Rocketeer, The Terminator, Rebel Without A Cause and many other movies and television shows have been filmed in part at the Griffith Park Observatory in the hills north of Los Angeles. Today the observatory appeared on local newscasts:
25-acre brush fire near Griffith Park prompts evacuation of observatory
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...710-story.html
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We now know what caused the huge fire in Yolo and Napa counties. How about enacting a ban on electrified fences? Chain link and barbed wire will work just fine -- and will not spark fires.
Man cited in 90,000-acre Northern California sparked by improperly installed electric fence
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...712-story.html
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The latest California fire is near El Portal in Mariposa County. Just a few minutes ago, KFSN-Channel 30 in Fresno reported that the fire has quickly burned 1,000 acres and is only 5% contained.
Second-generation firefighter killed battling blaze near Yosemite National Park
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/braden-...rk-2018-07-14/
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Tonight there are 56 -- fifty-six! -- large wildfires burning throughout the United States. The majority are in the West and 11 are in California. The huge out-of-control blaze near Yosemite has now burned more than 3,800 acres and forced evacuations of the Cedar Lodge and nearby communities. A few people think California should be split into three states -- but with all the fires, floods, mudslides, drought and earthquakes, there soon may be nothing left to split!
Fire shuts down key route to Yosemite National Park
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/deadly-...ay-2018-07-15/
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CalFire just updated the grim numbers on the Ferguson fire burning near Yosemite: 9,266 acres have burned and the fire is only 2% contained. Yikes!