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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2017
FIRES RAVAGE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Ryan Cullom/Ventura County Fire Department
Firefighters work to put out a blaze burning homes in Ventura, Calif. View more photos of the wildfires online at DailyAstorian.com
Associated Press
irefighters in Ventura, Califor-
nia, have struggled to corral the
largest and most destructive fire
in the state, which has destroyed at
least 430 buildings since it broke out
Monday. The so-called Thomas Fire
has grown to more than 180 square
miles. Crews made enough progress
against large fires around Los Ange-
les to lift most evacuation orders.
Meanwhile, 130 miles to the
south in the San Diego area, a new
fire broke out Thursday amid dry,
hot, windy conditions across the
region that would be extreme for
any season, but are especially stun-
ning just two weeks from winter.
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AP Photo/Jae C. Hong
A firefighter pulls a water hose in Santa Paula, Calif.
AP Photo/Noah Berger
Flames advance down a hillside near the Springs of Life Church.
AP Photo/Chris Carlson
A resident flees a wildfire in the
Lake View Terrace area of Los
Angeles.
David Crane/Los Angeles Daily News
Daniel Dreifuss
A firefighter stands under windswept palm trees as he hoses down smoldering debris in Ventura, Calif.
Horses are evacuated during
the Creek fire in La Canada
Flintridge, Calif.
AP Photo/Jae C. Hong
AP Photo/Noah Berger
AP Photo/Reed Saxon
A firefighter stands on a hillside scorched by a wildfire in
the Bel-Air neighborhood of Los Angeles.
Flames from a wildfire leap above traffic on Highway 101
north of Ventura, Calif.
Aaron Kaboud sprays water off the deck of his family’s
home that was spared by a wildfire in the Bel-Air district.