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California wildfire drives over 80,000 from their homes

By Associated Press in Los Angeles | China Daily | Updated: 2016-08-18 07:47

It tore through canyons and flew over ridges in every direction with astonishing speed, sending flames 25 meters skyward and forcing tens of thousands to flee their homes.

The Southern California wildfire that began as a small midmorning patch of flame next to Interstate 15 in the Cajon Pass had by Tuesday's end turned into a 72-square-kilometer monster that had burned an untold number of homes.

"This moved so fast," said Darren Dalton, 51, who along with his wife and son had to get out of his house in Wrightwood, a mountain town of 4,500 popular with skiers in winter. "It went from 'have you heard there's a fire?' to 'mandatory evacuation' before you could take it all in. This is a tight little community up here. Always in rally mode. Suddenly it's a ghost town."

California wildfire drives over 80,000 from their homes

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