Wildfire Roars Through Small California Town

A wildfire raced through a rural Northern California town, destroying more than 100 homes and forcing thousands to flee. "This fire roared through the city like a wave of water -- it was a wave of fire that came through here,'' Lt. Doug Pittman, a Marin County sheriff's spokesman said Monday. No one was injured as the fire tore through Lower Lake, a town of about 1,300 people 100 miles north of San Francisco. The blaze reached Main Street and burned the post office,...

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