California fires: more mass evacuations as Thomas Fire rages on
Firefighters light backfire while trying to keep a wildfire from jumping a road near Ventura, California: AP Photo/Noah Berger/ Advancing flames pushed more Californians out of their homes as a massive continued to advance across a swathe of state’s southern portion. As of Sunday morning, the Thomas Fire had blackened some 173,000 acres across Santa Barbara County and Ventura County, incinerating more than 750 structures and endangering another 15,000. Firefighters had only contained about 15 per cent of the sprawling inferno. Residents of ...
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