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| California Wildfires |
| Tuesday, October 23, 2007 |
I've seen the news last about the devastating wildfires in California. It really saddened me. Firefighters worked to contain several wildfires burning throughout California Wednesday amid hopes that cooler temperatures expected in the coming days would help them get a handle on the blazes. The fires flared up over the weekend, when temperatures surged past 110 degrees in some parts of the state, creating tinder-like conditions in areas already starved of water by an unusually dry winter.
More than 1,200 firefighters in Northern California's Henry W. Coe State Park battled an 11,000-acre wildfire that forced rangers to evacuate hikers and campers. The blaze, which began Monday in the area about 20 miles southeast of San Jose, was fanned by hot, dry winds that pushed the flames through rugged, steep terrain, officials said. It was 20% contained by nightfall Tuesday.
Firefighters battled out-of-control wildfires in southern California today that forced tens of thousands to flee and prompted Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to deploy National Guard soldiers. Authorities have ordered some 300,000 people to leave their homes, mostly in the San Diego area in south-eastern California, according to local reports. President George W. Bush declared an emergency in California and ordered federal aid be directed to the fire-stricken region. |
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