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California wildfire crisis escalates amid extreme winds
California's wildfire escalated as resurgent strong winds drove flames from a separate, smaller blaze into a rural mountain community.
Wed Aug 18 2021
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Eight missing as massive Dixie fire rages in northern California
Wildfires scorch through Northern California, forest and tinder dry scrub in the Sierra Nevada mountains, destroying a historic golden town.
Sun Aug 08 2021
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Thousands evacuate fast-moving California wildfire; homes burn
A rapidly spreading wildfire burned homes and forced thousands to evacuate in two heavily wooded counties in Northern California.
Thu Aug 05 2021