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LOS ANGELES, Oct 27 — Some 60,000 people fled their homes near Los Angeles yesterday as a wildfire raged across more than 800 hectares with high winds grounding firefighting aircraft. The so-called Silverado Fire erupted early in the morning in the foothills of Irvine, about 60 kilometres...

Residents watch the Blue Ridge Fire burning in Yorba Linda, California October 26, 2020. — Reuters pic

“It's nuts — even inside the car, my eyes, my nose and my throat stung,” said Frederic Tournadre, a French man whose company in Irvine sent all its employees home. “New fire ignitions in Los Angeles and Ventura counties will likely have very rapid fire growth, extreme fire behavior, and long range spotting, resulting in a significant threat to life and property,” the Weather Service said.

Evacuations have been complicated by the coronavirus pandemic which has hit the Golden State hard and hampered the work of firefighters.

 

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