LA fires: “It was like watching the end of the world”

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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Early Tuesday, wildfires started burning across Los Angeles County. The scale of the destruction is massive; entire neighborhoods are in flames, with longtime businesses, schools and houses of worship burnt to t ...

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L.A. on Fire
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Over the past 48 hours, wildfires have consumed acre after acre and building after building across greater Los Angeles. More than 100,000 people have been ordered to evacuate, and at least five people have died.

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 A week after fires broke out in the Los Angeles area, Californians are grappling with the widespread destruction.

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