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LA burns: Residents flee ferocious blaze

Author
Mark Berman and Eli Rosenberg, Washington Post,
Publish Date
Thu, 7 Dec 2017, 11:01AM
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LA burns: Residents flee ferocious blaze

Author
Mark Berman and Eli Rosenberg, Washington Post,
Publish Date
Thu, 7 Dec 2017, 11:01AM

Ferocious wildfires continued to rage across Southern California on Wednesday, destroying hundreds of homes and forcing thousands of residents to flee as forecasters and officials warned that dangerous fires could endanger the region for days.

The wave of fires that broke out early this week spread quickly and mercilessly, with the largest blaze expanding across a region almost as big as the city of Orlando. Emergency responders hurried to evacuate residents, protect homes and shut down roads across the region, even as authorities warned that the biggest fire was "still out of control" early Wednesday and keeping crews from entering the area.

This largest fire, known as the Thomas Fire, had erupted in Ventura County northwest of downtown Los Angeles. The Thomas Fire tore across 65,000 acres by Wednesday morning, and the blaze destroyed hundreds of homes, threatened 12,000 structures and forced 27,000 people to evacuate, officials said. Most of those who fled were left wondering whether their residences were among those destroyed.

 

Fifteen fires started late Sunday evening and remained mostly uncontained. They are likely to continue spreading. (Photo \ Nasa)

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