Firefighters in Los Angeles County struggled to contain wildfires late Monday. At least 2 deaths have been attributed to the blazes and more than 1,000 people have been evacuated from their homes. The fires are proving especially difficult to control and at least one highway has been shut down.
Full story by Shaya Tayefe Mohajer of The Associated Press via Yahoo! News:
Two huge wildfires driven by strong Santa Ana winds burned into neighborhoods near Los Angeles on Monday, forcing frantic evacuations on smoke- and traffic-choked highways, destroying homes and causing at least two deaths... More than 1,000 firefighters and nine water-dropping aircraft battled the 5,300-acre Marek Fire...
Monday, October 13, 2008
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