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Firefighters try to put out the fire in a storage yard during the second day of the Marek wildfire in Sylmar, California
14 Oct 2008
Source: Reuters
 
Firefighters try to put out the fire in a storage yard during the second day of the Marek wildfire in Sylmar, California October 13, 2008. Deadly wind-driven brush fires roared out of the foothills and canyons on the northern fringe of Los Angeles on Monday, destroying dozens of homes and threatening hundreds more dwellings. REUTERS/Gene Blevins (UNITED STATES)
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An investigator looks through the Oakridge mobile home community following a wildfire fueled by strong winds in the Sylmar area of Los Angeles November 16, 2008. Fires raged for the fourth ...




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