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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
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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 »‘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
Read More »California Oktoberfest explosion: Three horror blasts go off at major city event
DOZENS of people are feared injured after a utility pole exploded at an Oktoberfest celebration in Huntingdon Beach, California. Daily Express :: News Feed
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 »Some 25 racehorses killed in Southern California wildfire
The California Horse Racing Board says approximately 25 racehorses were killed when a wildfire engulfed about eight barns at a training centre in northeast San Diego County. Horses that were in surrounding pastures remain unaccounted for. 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
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