Weakening winds aid battle against colossal California wildfire
Firefighters keep watch on the Thomas wildfire in the hills and canyons outside Montecito, California, U.S., December 16, 2017. REUTERS/Gene Blevins/ (Reuters) - California firefighters were helped overnight by weakening winds in their battle against a two-week-old deadly wildfire that has cost nearly $131 million and blackened a widening area about one-third the size of Rhode Island, officials said on Monday. Even as the Thomas fire, one of the state's largest and most destructive on record, charred more of Ventura County's hills and ...
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