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California wildfires surge as heat wave bites the West
Firefighters battled the Beckwourth Complex north of Lake Tahoe amid 130 degree heat in Death Valley. Dozens of homes threatened as 2 800 people evacuated and nearly 200 square miles of Plumas National Forest closed. Fire grew eight six square miles with 1 200 personnel aided by aircraft. Palm Springs topped 120 degrees as a record heat wave continued.
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San Francisco
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Death Valley National Park
Furnace Creek
Beckwourth
Lake Tahoe
Sierra Nevada Forest
Tain
Plumas National Forest
Lisa Cox
Cox
Palm Springs
Desert Sun