Firefighter Killed in California Wildfires

Blazes raging in forests and woodlands across California have taken the life of a firefighter and forced hundreds of people to flee their homes as an army of firefighters continue to battle them from the air and the ground. Twenty-three large fires, many sparked by lightning strikes, were burning across Northern California Saturday, said state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection spokesman Daniel Berlant. About 8,000 firefighters were attempting to subdue them, something made...

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