Crews Work to Protect S. California Homes from Holy Fire

A wildfire in Southern California that began Monday grew to 85 square kilometers (33 square miles) in size Saturday as firefighters worked to keep the flames from engulfing residential areas in Holy Jim Canyon. Aircraft have been dumping pink fire retardant on homes in the Lake Elsinore area and other communities in the foothills of Cleveland National Forest while 20,000 people were under evacuation orders. A man charged with deliberately starting the Holy Fire, Forrest Clark, 51,...

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