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Authorities say 180,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes as powerful winds threaten to spread a wildfire in Northern California’s wine country. It’s the largest evacuation that any member of the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office can remember. CBC | World News
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Severe winds force new evacuations in California wildfire
Authorities have ordered new evacuations for about 50,000 people because of concerns over severe winds near a huge wildfire in Northern California wine country. CBC | World News
Read More »California power utility admits it may have ignited fire in north despite shutdowns
California’s biggest utility admitted its electrical equipment may have ignited a ruinous wildfire spreading across the state’s wine country Friday, despite blackouts imposed across the region to prevent blazes. CBC | World News
Read More »Thousands evacuated as Kincade Fire rages in California
Punishing Santa Ana winds that pushed the Kincade Fire into Los Angeles-area neighbourhoods, burning six homes and forcing tens of thousands to evacuation, were expected to last through the weekend and could prompt more power shutoffs across the state. CBC | World News
Read More »Punishing winds that whipped California fires could last
Punishing Santa Ana winds that pushed fires into Los Angeles-area neighbourhoods, burning six homes, were expected to last through Friday and could prompt more power shutoffs to hundreds of thousands of people. CBC | World News
Read More »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 »‘It was a whole curtain of fire’: Fast-moving fire drives thousands from California homes
An aggressive wildfire in Southern California seared its way through dry vegetation Friday and spread quickly, destroying dozens of homes as tens of thousands of residents scrambled to get out of its way. CBC | World News
Read More »California communities brace for largest power shut-off ever
Millions of people were poised to lose power throughout northern and central California after Pacific Gas & Electric Co. announced Tuesday it would shut off power in the largest preventive outage in state history to try to avert wildfires caused by faulty power lines. CBC | World News
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