Wildfires force 250,000 to evacuate in California


	Wildfires force 250,000 to evacuate in California

invictus

10-22-2007 5:10 PM

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california, wildfires, united states

invictus says:

This is really tragic. I feel very sorry for Californians.

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Southern California on Monday, forcing at least 250,000 people
to flee their homes and destroying hundreds of buildings as
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Santa Ana winds, burned out of control across the
drought-stricken southern half of the state, charring an
estimated 200,000 acres, killing at least one person and
injuring a number of others.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071022/ts_nm/california_wildfire_dc_12"><P>"It's a tragic time for <SPAN id="lw_1193086416_0" class="yshortcuts">California</SPAN>," said Gov. <SPAN id="lw_1193086416_1" class="yshortcuts">Arnold
Schwarzenegger</SPAN>, who declared a state of emergency in seven
California counties.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071022/ts_nm/california_wildfire_dc_12"><P>The fires also forced closures of major state highways,
schools and businesses and sent plumes of thick black smoke
drifting across much of the state, blotting out the sun.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071022/ts_nm/california_wildfire_dc_12"><P>Two fires that merged north of the city of San Diego and
scorched 14,000 acres prompted authorities to order 250,000
people evacuated from an area roughly 12 square miles</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/DF445F9A-2127-487A-8982-A7F08D12C5F9/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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