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Crews make progress against home-threatening Western fires
2016-06-18 15:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Firefighters battling home-threatening wildfires in the West caught a break overnight as gusty winds died down but with the region bracing for sweltering heat, Saturday's respite could be brief, authorities said. A four-day-old fire in California coastal canyons was 45 percent contained after 40-mph "sundowner" winds failed to materialize. Those evening and night gusts had driven the flames through steep, brushy canyons west of Santa Barbara on previous nights and forced closure of a major highway....
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