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Ten Thousand Acre Blaze Near Los Angeles
A pair of wildfires around Los Angeles raged New Year’s Eve, one 16 000 acres in Topanga Canyon destroying 81 homes and forcing 1 500 evacuees to return as winds dropped. The other 658 acres near Beverly Hills burned two homes, one a total loss, with celebrity areas evacuated or affected. Both fires declared major disasters. arson suspected.
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Los Angeles
Scenic Hills
Topanga Canyon
San Fernando Valley
Elt
Beverly Hills
Topanga
Tuna Canyon
Las Flores Canyon
Canyon
Fernwood
Glenview
Grandview
New Topanga
Red Cross
Beverly Glen-Benedict Canyon
Elizabeth Taylor
Merle Oberon
Sir Cedric Hardwicke
Jack Warner
William Lundigan
Harold Lloyd
Chico Marx
Doris Dake
Buddy Ebsom
Cameron Mitchell
Ner Calvet
W. C. Whitehead