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  • Firefighters battle a wildfire on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013, in Cabazon, Calif.
  • Crews are making rapid progress in their battle to contain a massive Southern California wildfire. It is now 75 percent contained.
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  • A firefighter watches a backfire burn while battling a wildfire, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013, in Banning, Calif.
  • Firefighters are continuing to make progress battling Southern California's latest destructive wildfire, which has burned 26 homes.
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  • A firefighter watches a backfire burn while battling a wildfire, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013, in Banning, Calif.
  • California truly is the Golden State this summer - golden brown - and that has fire officials worried heading into the peak of the wildfire season.
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  • A wildfire that chewed through a rugged SoCal mountain range is now 25 percent contained.
  • A rapidly spreading wildfire that chewed through a rugged Southern California mountain range is now 25 percent contained.
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  • Hundreds flee, homes burn, 3 hurt in SoCal fire
  • A rapidly spreading wildfire that chewed through a rugged Southern California mountain range is now 25 percent contained.
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  • Hundreds flee, homes burn, 3 hurt in SoCal fire
  • A rapidly spreading wildfire chewed through a rugged Southern California mountain range, destroying more than two dozen homes.
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  • Silver Fire in Southern California.
  • A thousand firefighters are battling a wildfire burning out of control in Southern California's San Jacinto Mountains.
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  • A new wildfire has broken out in near Banning, sending up a massive plume of smoke and surging toward three communities.
  • An out-of-control wildfire growing in the Southern California mountains burned homes and forced the evacuation of several mountain communities.
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  • gas leak in Alamo
  • The evacuation order that was called because of a gas leak in Alamo has been lifted.
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  • Wildfire in Southern California
  • A massive wildfire burning in southern California 100 miles east of Los Angeles has cause thousands of people to evacuate.
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  • text message reads Emergency Alert in this area until 7:45 PM GMT Evacuate Now, CA Contra C
  • Contra Costa County officials say a technical glitch was set out to the entire county that was meant for the small town of Alamo.
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  • Gas main break prompts evacuation in Richmond
  • Evacuations have lifted after a gas main break posed a danger to residents in the area of Marina Bay Parkway and Meeker Avenue.
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  • Gas main break prompts evacuation in Richmond
  • Evacuations have lifted after a gas main break posed a danger to residents in the area of Marina Bay Parkway and Meeker Avenue.
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  • Gas main break prompts evacuation in Richmond
  • Evacuations are underway in Richmond after a gas main break at Marina Bay Parkway and Meeker Avenue.
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  • A Hot Shot crew walks past ground charred by a wildfire Thursday July 18, 2013 near Lake Hemet, Calif. The blaze about 100 miles east of Los Angeles had grown to more than 35 square miles in size and had destroyed at least six houses and mobile homes
  • Officials say electrical equipment caused a huge wildfire that damaged or destroyed seven homes and is still burning in SoCal.
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  • Alamo gas leak
  • The evacuation order that was called because of a gas leak in Alamo has been lifted.
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  • A Hot Shot crew walks past ground charred by a wildfire Thursday July 18, 2013 near Lake Hemet, Calif. The blaze about 100 miles east of Los Angeles had grown to more than 35 square miles in size and had destroyed at least six houses and mobile homes
  • SoCal authorities are allowing thousands to return home as firefighters begin to get the upper hand against a week-old wildfire.
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  • A Hot Shot crew walks past ground charred by a wildfire Thursday July 18, 2013 near Lake Hemet, Calif. The blaze about 100 miles east of Los Angeles had grown to more than 35 square miles in size and had destroyed at least six houses and mobile homes
  • Cooler temperatures overnight have helped firefighters make some progress against a wildfire in Southern California.
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  • The charred remains of a car are shown after a wildfire passed through the area, Thursday July 18, 2013 in Lake Hemet, California
  • A massive wildfire burning in the mountains above Palm Springs has prompted hundreds of people to evacuate their homes.
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  • The charred remains of a car are shown after a wildfire passed through the area, Thursday July 18, 2013 in Lake Hemet, California
  • A massive wildfire burning in the mountains above Palm Springs has prompted hundreds of people to evacuate their homes.
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  • PG&E officials say a broken gas line that triggered evacuations in Concord on Friday has been repaired.
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  • Wildfire in Southern California
  • A massive wildfire burning 100 miles east of Los Angeles continues to grow and has caused thousands of people to evacuate.
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  • Smoke rises from railway cars that were carrying crude oil after derailing in downtown Lac Megantic, Que., Saturday, July 6, 2013
  • Authorities say the remains of 33 people have been recovered in the small Quebec town devastated by a fiery train derailment.
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  • Smoke rises from railway cars that were carrying crude oil after derailing in downtown Lac Megantic, Que., Saturday, July 6, 2013
  • Police say 24 bodies have now been found after the fiery weekend derailment of an oil train in a Quebec town.
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  • Smoke rises from railway cars that were carrying crude oil after derailing in downtown Lac Megantic, Que., Saturday, July 6, 2013
  • Canadian officials are now telling the families of the 30 people missing in a runaway oil train crash over the weekend that all are presumed dead.
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  • Smoke rises from railway cars that were carrying crude oil after derailing in downtown Lac Megantic, Que., Saturday, July 6, 2013
  • Authorities have opened a criminal investigation into a deadly oil train derailment that killed at least 15 people over the weekend.
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  • Officials in Canada say the death toll in the devastating oil train derailment has reached 13.
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  • A train carrying crude oil has derailed in a Quebec town, sparking several explosions and forcing the evacuation of up to 1,000 people.
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  • Smoke rises from railway cars that were carrying crude oil after derailing in downtown Lac Megantic, Quebec, Canada.
  • The death toll climbs to five after a train carrying crude oil derailed in eastern Quebec.
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  • A massive wildfire near a popular summer retreat in southern Colorado continues to be driven by winds and fueled by dead trees.
  • A massive wildfire near a popular summer retreat in southern Colorado continues to be driven by winds and fueled by dead trees.
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  • Seven construction workers and one firefighter suffered minor injuries after a fire broke out at a building under construction at San Francisco General Hospital Tuesday morning, a fire department spokeswoman said.
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  • A wind-whipped wildfire near the main route into Yosemite forced the evacuation of about 150 houses and threatened others.
  • A wind-whipped wildfire near the main route into Yosemite forced the evacuation of about 150 houses and threatened others.
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  • A two-alarm vegetation fire outside of Petaluma Monday afternoon has 
prompted the evacuation of nearby homes.
  • A two-alarm vegetation fire outside of Petaluma has been contained to about 20 acres.
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  • SFs Moscone Center evacuated
  • PG&E has capped a leak that prompted the evacuation of San Francisco's Moscone Center and several other buildings nearby.
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  • SFs Moscone Center evacuated
  • PG&E crews have capped a leak that prompted the evacuation of San Francisco's Moscone Center and several other buildings nearby.
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  • Plane makes drop on Colorado wildfire
  • A Colorado sheriff said firefighters "are getting the upper hand" on the most destructive wildfire in state history Saturday.
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  • Colorado wildfire
  • With unpredictable winds, the number of houses destroyed by a wildfire near Colorado Springs could grow to around 100 today.
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  • Colorado wildfire
  • A wildfire has forced the evacuation of more than 900 prisoners at a state prison southwest of Colorado Springs.
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  • There was a small scare on the campus of Yahoo in Sunnyvale Monday.
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  • Redwood City apartment fire
  • An early-morning fire in a Redwood City apartment building has left two residents hurt and several families without homes or cars.
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  • Redwood City apartment fire
  • An early-morning fire in a Redwood City apartment building has left two residents hurt and several families without homes or cars.
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  • Bomb threat evacuation at Mt. Diablo HS turns ugly
  • An emergency evacuation at Mt. Diablo High School turned into a near-riot after parents had to wait for hours to pick their kids up.
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  • Bomb threat evacuation at Mt. Diablo HS turns ugly
  • An emergency evacuation at Mt. Diablo High School turned into a near-riot after parents had to wait for hours to pick their kids up.
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  • Possible hazmat investigated at hospital in SF
  • A San Francisco post office was evacuated Thursday after five employees found a mysterious white powder on their clothing.
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  • Crews battle two-alarm house fire on Treasure Island
  • Firefighters in San Francisco were able to douse a two-alarm blaze at a home in Treasure Island Sunday morning.
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  • Hillsborough fire damages five homes
  • Police say a fire in Hillsborough damaged five homes Friday evening on Black Mountain Road, but no one was injured.
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  • Residents in Noe Valley are being allowed back home after threatening statements prompted an evacuation Friday afternoon.
  • Residents in Noe Valley are being allowed back home after threatening statements prompted an evacuation Friday afternoon.
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  • The Venetia Valley K-8 School in Santa Venetia was evacuated Tuesday morning after someone left school administrators a phone message about a bomb on campus, a Marin County sheriff's lieutenant said.
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  • Antioch police have arrested a juvenile suspect in connection with bomb threats at several local schools this week.
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  • Two Antioch schools were evacuated because of bomb threats Wednesday, the third day that Deer Valley High School was the target of such a threat.
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