California wildfires rage on
Wildfires raged across California on Friday, destroying homes and forcing evacuations, as over 1,000 firefighters tackled flames in the southern part of the state alone. Tens of thousands of residents near Santa Clarita, north of Los Angeles, fled their homes as the so-called Tick Fire scorched over 4,000 acres (1,618 hectares) and was only ten percent contained by Friday evening. The blaze forced the shutdown of all schools in the area as well as a major freeway, creating a traffic nightmare for commuters. Some 1,325 firefighters backed by air tankers and helicopters were battling the flames, being aided by winds gusting up t65 miles per hour, that raced toward densely packed communities and threatened 10,000 structures, officials said.
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