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High winds are fuelling wildfires across California, and frustration is growing among hundreds of thousands of residents amid planned blackouts aimed at preventing more blazes from igniting. CBC | World News
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Wildfires force tens of thousands across California to flee
Fast-growing fires throughout California forced more than 40,000 people to leave their homes Thursday as dry winds and high heat fed both the flames and fears in a state still jittery from devastating wildfires in the last two years. CBC | World News
Read More »3 confirmed dead in waning California wildfires
Firefighters were taming a wildfire Saturday that damaged or destroyed more than 30 structures along Los Angeles’s northern edge and sent a blanket of smoke across a swath of neighbourhoods, as three deaths have now been tied to blazes across Southern California. CBC | World News
Read More »Firefighters gaining ground on California wildfires as winds fade
Since roughly 100,000 people were ordered to evacuate their homes, firefighters in California have gained ground as they battle wildfires sweeping through the state. They have been aided by diminishing winds, and officials report multiple fires mostly contained or with minimal growth. CBC | World News
Read More »Thousands of Californians without power, as PG&E prepares for wildfires
Thousands of people in California wake up in the dark after Pacific Gas & Electric starts shutting off households’ power to prevent what the utility called an unprecedented wildfire danger from powerline sparks. CBC | World News
Read More »Fierce dry winds drive California wildfires toward San Diego
Firefighters battled several intense wind-driven wildfires early today that have swept across densely populated Southern California, destroying at least 500 structures and chasing 190,000 people from their homes over the past five days. CBC | World News
Read More »California wildfires jump major freeway, head for communities northwest of L.A.
Authorities close a major freeway as flames from the largest and most destructive Southern California wildfire jump lanes and churn toward coastal and mountain communities northwest of Los Angeles amid unpredictable winds. CBC | World News
Read More »Elderly couples in California wildfires’ path died in each other’s arms
The vast majority of the 42 people killed in the wildfires that have ravaged Northern California were in their 70s and 80s. Several were couples who died together, including childhood sweethearts who had grown old together. CBC | World News
Read More »Fire crews see progress in battling California wildfires
California fire authorities said Sunday they have turned a corner in battling several of the wildfires that have devastated wine country and other parts of the state over the past week. CBC | World News
Read More »Winds fan deadly California wildfires, more homes evacuated
Rising winds fanned the California wildfires again Saturday, forcing hundreds more people to flee from their homes in the state’s fabled wine country and testing the efforts of crews who have spent days trying to corral the flames behind firebreaks. At least 35 deaths have been reported. CBC | World News
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