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Student bonfire blamed for 1 of 3 Calif. wildfires

AP News 293 days ago

Authorities say first of 3 fierce California wildfires sparked by college students' bonfire A group of college students who lit a ridge-top bonfire is being blamed for accidentally sparking one of three ferocious wildfires that collectively destroyed about 1,000 homes and blacked ...

Residents to inspect Calif. homes charred in fire

AP Features 293 days ago

People burned out of a mobile home park returned to the ashes Tuesday on a windless day that helped crews mop up wildfires that damaged or destroyed nearly 1,000 homes. Santa Ana winds that swept six Southern California counties like a blowtorch ...

Residents return to devastated LA mobile home park

AP Features 293 days ago

Stacks of charred bricks, blackened shells of cars and burned tree trunks were all that remained Monday in much of the community some residents once called the "Beverly Hills of mobile home parks." The mostly retired residents returned to see what was ...

Even as winds calm, more Californians flee fires

AP News 294 days ago

Wildfires dog more residents of Southern California even as Santa Ana winds calm down More residents of Southern California were urged to leave their homes Sunday despite calming winds that allowed a major aerial attack on wildfires that have destroyed hundreds of ...

California wildfire chars Montecito luxury belt

guardian.co.uk 294 days ago

Firefighters in southern California were bracing today for the resurgence of a wildfire that has injured 13 people and destroyed 100 homes. No deaths were reported in the fire itself, but a 98-year-old man died shortly after being evacuated, authorities said. Winds ...

Hungry LA fires reduce hundreds of homes to ash

AP Features 294 days ago

Southern Californians endured a third day of destruction Saturday as wind-blasted wildfires torched hundreds of mobile homes and mansions, forced tens of thousands of people to flee and shut down major freeways. No deaths were reported, but the Los Angeles police chief ...

Southern California battles devastating wildfires

AP Features 294 days ago

Southern Californians endured a third day of devastation Saturday as wind-blasted wildfires torched hundreds of mobile homes and mansions, forced thousands of people to flee and shut down major freeways. No deaths were reported, but the Los Angeles police chief said he ...

Hundreds of homes destroyed in California firestorm

AFP Global Edition 294 days ago

Hundreds of homes were feared destroyed and 10,000 people were forced to flee as ferocious wind-driven fires blazed across California on Saturday, authorities said. A state of emergency was declared across Los Angeles County after a fire which broke out late Friday ...

Thousands evacuate as fires destroy Calif. homes

AP Features 294 days ago

A wind-blasted wildfire tore through the city's northern foothills Saturday, burning hundreds of mobile homes, forcing a hospital to evacuate some patients and sending thousands of residents fleeing for safety. The fire broke out late Friday in the foothills community of Sylmar ...

Thousands flee as wildfires blaze in California

AFP Global Edition 294 days ago

Firefighters were battling two wind-whipped wildfires in Los Angeles and an exclusive California enclave early Saturday that threatened homes and forced 10,000 people to flee. A fire that erupted late Friday on the northern outskirts of Los Angeles had burnt "dozens" of ...

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