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Flames burn near a cross during the Station Fire in the Big Tujunga area of Los Angeles
30 Aug 2009
Source: Reuters
 
Flames burn near a cross during the Station Fire in the Big Tujunga area of Los Angeles, California August 29, 2009. Firefighters battling four wildfires around Los Angeles saved hundreds of homes in an affluent coastal community but struggled against a larger fire coming down the mountains toward another exclusive suburb. REUTERS/Gene Blevins (UNITED STATES RELIGION DISASTER ENVIRONMENT IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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Smoke rises from wildfires near Los Angeles, California, in this satellite photograph taken on September 1, 2009 and obtained on September 2. After a day of major gains aided by a ...




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